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sloganeer

American  
[sloh-guh-neer] / ˌsloʊ gəˈnɪər /

noun

  1. a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.


verb (used without object)

  1. to create or use slogans, especially in an effort to change public opinion.

sloganeer British  
/ ˌsləʊɡəˈnɪə /

noun

  1. a person who coins or employs slogans frequently

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to coin or employ slogans so as to sway opinion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sloganeer

First recorded in 1920–25; slogan + -eer

Example Sentences

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But it refuses to play into the easy tendency to sloganeer.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

He saw his wall-building neighbor as an unthinking sloganeer, piling rocks atop one another “like an old-stone savage armed.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2019

Charli XCX has turned out to be the Occam’s razor of pop: a sloganeer and strategist, ruthlessly terse.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2017

Through statute, regulation, or precedent, most states bar candidates for any office from using their names to sloganeer on the ballot.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2012

Jesse Jackson, the sloganeer of American politics, is now talking about "economic harassment."

From Time Magazine Archive

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