boosterism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of boosterism
Example Sentences
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In San Francisco, Lurie has enjoyed high approval ratings and amassed a social-media following with his relentless boosterism and focus on cleaning up and cutting red tape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
A hundred years of perky boosterism were being obliterated by smog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
They also surveyed the ex-entrepreneurs' romantic partners about whether the employee spoke highly of their current organization, engaging in boosterism or experienced burnout in the role.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
YET FOR ALL that, Houston’s boosterism has also escaped us because it was personal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 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
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