boosterism

American  

[boo-stuh-riz-uhm] / ˈbu stəˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. the action or policy of enthusiastically promoting something, as a city, product, or way of life.

   boosterism about the latest world's fair.

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boosterism British  

/ ˈbuːstəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses

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Etymology

Origin of boosterism

First recorded in 1910–15; booster + -ism

Example Sentences

But both AI boosterism and backlash about AI killing jobs are whipping up public hysteria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

"Ex-entrepreneurs who felt a strong nostalgia for being their own boss tended to be the ones who were the most negatively affected, with the highest levels of burnout and lowest levels of boosterism," Nielsen says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Next came a project whose audacity suited the boosterism of the era — a 75,000-seat stadium for a city whose population barely exceeded 500,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

No contemporary pop star has so effectively weaponized the ways in which boosterism and distaste coexist in online spaces.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

This gushing adoration cannot be dismissed merely as local boosterism; black newspapers across the South described the town in much the same terms.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson