Birchist
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
Birchist (comparative more Birchist, superlative most Birchist)
- Of or relating to Birchism, ideas from or associated with the John Birch Society.
- 1995, Sara Diamond, Roads to Dominion: Right-wing Movements and Political Power in the United States, page 56:
- In essence, the Birchist worldview allowed adherents to hold typically right-wing policy preferences simultaneous with the belief that the Society's opponents, including many bona fide conservatives, were secretly part of the “communist conspiracy.”
Noun edit
Birchist (plural Birchists)
- An adherent of Birchism, a supporter of the John Birch Society.
- 1962, William Theodore Evjue, The Progressive, page 27:
- The Birchists (like the Marxists who have forgotten Marx) have fallen victim to the devil theory of history.
- 1970, Gerald Schomp, Birchism was my Business, page 157:
- The liberal accuses the conservative of being a “Birchist,” an “extremist,” or an “ultra-rightist.” The conservative, alarmed at being skewered and roasted as an irresponsible fascist, strikes back by citing his family’s war record against the Nazis