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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

Which proves once more that George Bush will never be a sloganeer, and he still has not quite mastered the vision thing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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