orthogonian
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5ADJ.
longtime, same
VERB + ORTHOGONIAN
calls, emphasized, explored, started
ORTHOGONIAN + NOUN
concept, politics, rituals, society, worldview, years
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
possibly
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noun
A member of the Orthogonian society, a social club at Whittier College founded by Richard M. Nixon in opposition to the wealthy elites at Whittier.
Orthogonians, like Nixon, saw themselves as hardworking "regular" people fighting against a powerful elite (personified by the Franklins) for status and wealth.
Fellow Orthogonians considered him an idealist who emphasized Orthogonian rituals to develop moral behavior among the members.
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of the Orthogonian society and its ethos of appealing to working-class values and opposition to a wealthy ruling elite.
Nixon would employ the same Orthogonian politics in his adult career.
In place of "flower power" and "the struggle," America was offered what Rick Perstein in Nixonland calls an "Orthogonian” worldview. In its pure form, this ideal embraced the virtues of a productive, humble, and obedient adulthood.
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6Orthogonians, like Nixon, saw themselves as hardworking "regular" people fighting against a powerful elite (personified by the Franklins) for status and wealth.
WiktionaryFellow Orthogonians considered him an idealist who emphasized Orthogonian rituals to develop moral behavior among the members.
WiktionaryAl Stoll, a longtime Orthogonian who graduated from Whittier in 1949, surmised that Nixon possibly started the Orthogonian Society to compensate for the fact that he was a nonfactor on the field.
WiktionaryNixon would employ the same Orthogonian politics in his adult career.
WiktionaryIn place of "flower power" and "the struggle," America was offered what Rick Perstein in Nixonland calls an "Orthogonian” worldview. In its pure form, this ideal embraced the virtues of a productive,
WiktionaryStone explored the Orthogonian concept thirteen years earlier in Nixon, though he did it with a lot less nuance.
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