Rooseveltian

[ roh-zuh-vel-tee-uhn; spelling pronunciation roo-zuh-vel-tee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rooseveltian¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; Roosevelt + -ian

Example Sentences

But those Rooseveltian ambitions have been deflated by the realities of Democrats’ razor-thin congressional majorities, upsetting his party’s most ardent supporters ahead of November’s midterm elections.

From Los Angeles Times

This was the atmosphere in which Biden’s expansive proposals earned him comparisons to Franklin Roosevelt, and in which his first Rooseveltian effort, the recovery bill, passed with surprising ease.

From New York Times

Biden’s world-historic crisis doesn’t look very Rooseveltian either, though one could forgive his team for thinking otherwise in January, before it turned out there was still much more pandemic left to preside over.

From Washington Post

His finest moment came during the New York Democratic State Convention in September 1936, as his reelection campaign was being launched amid GOP attacks on Social Security and other Rooseveltian reforms.

From Los Angeles Times

President Franklin D. Roosevelt had Rooseveltian ambitions with a Democratic majority of 23 seats in the Senate and 196 seats in the House.

From Washington Post