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Birchite
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English
Etymology
From en Birch -ite.
Adjective
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en US politics Of or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.
en 1972 American Institute for Democracy Homefront 46 From the Birchite Right's standpoint, the George Wallace campaign had gone incredibly well. He had appeared at 1970 and 1971 functions of the Birch Society, the (White) Citizens Councils and Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade. 6
en 1995 Randall Bennett Wood Fulbright: A Biography 288 Walker, Pentagon investigators discovered, was a member of the John Birch Society and had distributed Birchite material to his troops.
Noun
en US politics A supporter of the John Birch Society.
en 2009 Jonathan Zimmerman Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools 196 Across the political spectrum, meanwhile, Americans heaped ridicule upon the Birchites’ accusation of “subversion” in sex education. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0674045440&pg=PA196
weekend Edmund Fawcett 2025-06-14 Writing the right Life & Arts 8 At National Review, he [William Buckley] got rid of the Birchites—a conspirational fringe claiming Eisenhower for a communist—tamed the libertarians, dropped (eventually) the magazine's white racism and sidelined its antisemites.
Synonyms
en Bircher
en Birchist
en John Bircher
Related terms
en JBS
Anagrams
en bcehiirt bitchier
en eponyms