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rino

English

(wikipedia RINO)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, politics) Republican in name only. Typically used by conservative members of the U.S. to describe less conservative Republicans.
  • * 1994 September, Raphael J. Sonenshein, Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles , page 303, Princeton University Press
    • Irritated that Riordan’s key aides are Democrats, some Republican party activists sported RINO (Republican In Name Only) buttons at a Riordan speech (Los Angeles Times , 16 May 1994).
  • * 1998 October 28, Eric Chomko, “George W. Bush: Our Next President”, alt.president.clinton, Usenet
    • And Bush is a RINO - Republican In Name Only. Even my dad, a lifelong Democrat, says that Bush (this one) is much more moderate...
  • * 2005 September, Brannon Howse, One Nation Under Man?: The Worldview War Between Christians and the Secular Left , page 61, Broadman & Holman Publishing Group
    • Among Republicans, there are the RINOs —Republican In Name Only.
    A RINO does not apply convictions based upon a biblical worldview to public policy.

    Synonyms

    * Republican In Name Only

    Related terms

    * DINO * GINO

    See also

    * Rockefeller Republican * Log-cabin Republican

    Anagrams

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    Not English

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