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pollutician

noun

Etymology

Blend of pollution + politician.

  1. derived from πολιτικός
  2. derived from politicus
  3. borrowed from politique
  4. suffixed as politician — “politic + ian”
  5. compounded as pollutician — “pollution + politician”

Definitions

  1. A politician who supports policies and initiatives that result in environmental damage.

    • Here the polluticians and the developers carved up the cake with gusto.

  2. A politician who supports policies and initiatives designed to reduce environmental…

    A politician who supports policies and initiatives designed to reduce environmental pollution.

    • Too many owners of factory chimneys have already capitulated to the negative attitude of the polluticians and have converted to smokeless fuels.

  3. A corrupt politician

    • Indeed the Rastafarian brethren contend that the '"polluticians" [politicians] are selling us out' for their own self-serving interests.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for pollutician. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA