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English
Etymology
From Sanders + -ista. Blend of Sanders + Sandinista. Coined in reference to the Sandinistas.
Noun
Sanderista (plural Sanderistas)
- (US politics, colloquial) A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.
- Synonyms: Berner, Bernista
- Hyponyms: Bernie bro, Berniecrat
1983, WIN: Peace and Freedom Through Non-violent Action, volume 19, Workshop in Nonviolence Institute, page 38:7/83 Space Wars; Micronesia vs. nukes; Green Party & Sanderistas; also Spring Books Pt. 2
1986, Places, volume 3, page 38:A special approach of the Sanderista coalition has been to mobilize this complex of popular groups into an independent political force.
2012, Joan Roelofs, Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism, page 152:In other cases, groups fostered the creation of current organizations and movements, for example, PACT (tenants' rights) in Burlington, Vermont, laid the groundwork for the Sanderistas.
2015, Harry Jaffe, Why Bernie Sanders Matters:Call it what you will—a Sanderista cult, a brand, a following—Vermonters responded to Sanders.
2015, Janet Biehl, Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin, page 223:During the war that continued for the rest of the 1980s, Burlington's Progressives identified strongly with the FSLN, to the point of earning for themselves the nickname "Sanderistas."
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