card-carrying
Americanadjective
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admittedly belonging to a group or party.
a card-carrying Communist.
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Often Facetious. dedicated to an ideal, profession, or interest.
a card-carrying humanist.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of card-carrying
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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But if you pin them down, they wouldn’t give you the same detail as a card-carrying dispensationalist,” Hummel said.
From Salon
The card-carrying couple made a similar pilgrimage in Australia, where they were baffled by the jars of a seasoning called chicken salt.
And frankly, as a card-carrying millennial who was absolutely socialized to believe that anyone airing something I disagreed with ought to be swiftly reprimanded and deplatformed, I don’t think I myself have fully broken free of the clenched language policies that defined the old order.
From Slate
"Try not to think too much just in terms of classic card-carrying spies based out of the embassy in the John le Carre mould," the head of MI5 Sir Ken McCallum said during a briefing on national security threats earlier this month.
From BBC
I wanted to know what was behind the party’s vibe shift, so I called up Paulina Mangubat, digital content and creative director for the Democratic National Committee and a card-carrying millennial/zoomer cusper.
From Slate
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