Wilsonian

American  

[wil-soh-nee-uhn] / wɪlˈsoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Woodrow Wilson.

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Etymology

Origin of Wilsonian

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; Wilson + -ian

Example Sentences

A century later, surely we can find ways to make this Wilsonian formulation prevail against ghost fleets and their sponsors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

For the so-called Wilsonian Warriors still with us - an ever-multiplying army - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” doesn’t mark any kind of ending but a continuation in a lifelong journey.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2020

As the Harvard historian Erez Manela writes in his book, The Wilsonian Moment, Wilson was “hailed around the world as the prophet of a new era in world affairs.”

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020

Kissinger, and Gewen, acknowledge a use for Wilsonian romanticism.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020

But the phrase that remained with the British diplomat was that one so characteristically Wilsonian: "I propose to teach the South American Republics to elect good men."

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse