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Rovian
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English
Alternative forms
en Roveian
Etymology
From en Rove ian, after Karl Rove.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the political theory that a lie told often enough will be accepted as the truth, and that the truth is no longer relevant to democratic politics.
en 2010 w:Karl Rove Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight Simon and Schuster 9781439199268 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=Aw4tOs-x85YC&lpg=PA64&dq=%22Rovian%22&hl=es&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=%22Rovian%22&f=false There is something called a “Rovian” style of campaigning, and it's meant as an insult. President Barack Obama said many times during the campaign that he wanted to end “the Karl Rove era of politics.”
en 2016 w:Dave Eggers Heroes of the Frontier Penguin UK 9780241979051 The misdeeds were many, and he was known by all who knew him to be a ridiculous man, but this new plan was too much, was Caligulian, Roveian, and she had no obligation to cooperate.
en eponyms
en US politics