noun
a political party's or coalition's policy or doctrine of allowing and encouraging a wide range of beliefs, opinions, and views among its members.
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Origin of big tent
First recorded in 1960–65
OTHER WORDS FROM big tent
big-tent, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use big tent in a sentence
Santorum embraced a more pragmatic big-tent approach to these candidates.
The smaller “Flood Wall Street” eschewed the big-tent approach and focused on radical politics and aggressive activism.
But the World Vision scandal is just the latest indication that the “big tent” of Cold War evangelicalism has collapsed.
McAuliffe is a big-tent Democrat who stands four-square in favor of both corporations and people.
Burning down the Big Tent causes long-term electoral problems, especially in a country that is increasingly diverse, not less.
At midnight, however, Jimmy entered the big tent quietly with a lantern, touching each of the fresh men on the shoulder.
The exhibition had already started, and they got inside the big tent-like enclosure as speedily as possible.
He left his seat in a hurry, and, elbowing his way through the crowd, started for the entrance to the big tent-like enclosure.
He missed doing his tricks, too, and he missed seeing the boys and girls and their parents, in the big tent.
It was soon decided to enlarge the Cave to accommodate five men, the other four consenting to squeeze into Stillwell's big tent.
British Dictionary definitions for big tent
noun
- a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups
- (as modifier)big-tent politics
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