Wilsonian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Wilsonian
Example Sentences
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It would be nice to think we live in a Wilsonian garden where law governs relations among nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
For the so-called Wilsonian Warriors still with us - an ever-multiplying army - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” doesn’t mark any kind of ending but a continuation in a lifelong journey.
From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2020
As the Harvard historian Erez Manela writes in his book, The Wilsonian Moment, Wilson was “hailed around the world as the prophet of a new era in world affairs.”
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020
Kissinger, and Gewen, acknowledge a use for Wilsonian romanticism.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020
That conception, as is apparent from the letters already printed, was not the Wilsonian conception.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
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