boosterism

From booster +‎ -ism.

boosterism (countable and uncountable, plural boosterisms)

1. Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
   • 1999, Andrew E G Jonas, David Wilson, The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later:

     Urban boosterism has a long tradition in the United States.

   • 2011 July 19, Emanuella Goldberg, “Texas town wants to capitalize on German roots”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2012:

     The rough, weathered rings are the real deal, products of German ingenuity, says Young, a native of New Braunfels who exudes the requisite boosterism you'd expect from the Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau director, but with a genuine sense of pride.

   • 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 July 2022:

     And the mayors’ aims are partly political: Crypto boosterism has a useful bipartisan appeal, garnering popularity among both antigovernment conservatives and socially liberal tech moguls.

   • 2025 May 8, Jacob Greber, “How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff”, in ABC News‎^[3], archived from the original on 20 July 2025:

     Second, Dutton and his closest circle were fundamentally deluded about their ability to beat Albanese, an opponent they fatally underestimated. They were led astray by friendly polling — both leading up to and during the campaign — and an echo chamber of media boosterism that left them flying blind and too low towards the mountain range ahead.

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