New Frontier

American  

noun

1. the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.

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New Frontier Cultural  

1. A slogan used by President John F. Kennedy to describe his goals and policies. Kennedy maintained that, like the Americans of the frontier in the nineteenth century, Americans of the twentieth century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all.

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Etymology

Origin of New Frontier

As a political catchphrase, apparently first used by Henry Wallace in a book of the same title (1934)

Example Sentences

His work on paraplegics learning to walk again was featured at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: New Frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Her publisher, New Frontier Publishing, has not responded to a request for comment.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

In 1956, he opened for a young Elvis Presley at the New Frontier.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Others, less showily, wore buttons proclaiming John Glenn “the New Frontier man of the year,” a nod to John F. Kennedy’s famous phrase.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

"A New Frontier inhabited entirely by maniacs," Malone said.

From Brain Twister by Garrett, Randall