boosterism
noun
boost·er·ism
ˈbü-stər-ˌi-zəm 
: the activities and attitudes characteristic of boosters
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Her article asserts that hometown boosterism keeps people from assessing the crime problem accurately.
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But the strategic cocktail of soft nationalism, corporate politics and ticket-sales boosterism that constitutes the wild card system more often overshadows sporting fairness.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
What Kind of Paradise was my way of reckoning with the Internet boosterism of that era and the fallout of all of our blind optimism.
—Janelle Brown
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
But boosterism on the part of conventional economists only makes their task easier.
—Frances Beinecke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
What Kind of Paradise was my way of reckoning with the Internet boosterism of that era and the fallout of all of our blind optimism.
—Janelle Brown
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
But boosterism on the part of conventional economists only makes their task easier.
—Frances Beinecke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boosterism
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“Boosterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boosterism. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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