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Birtherism meaning

A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.

Using Birtherism

  • The main meaning on this page is: A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.
  • In the example corpus, birtherism often appears in combinations such as: of birtherism, birtherism the.

Context around Birtherism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

old 1× remember 1×

Often after:

attacks 1× lie 1× style 1×

Sentence patterns with Birtherism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

believed in birtherism or that 1× ca a birtherism style parsing 1× champion of birtherism the racist 1× his old birtherism attacks on 1× notion of birtherism the american 1× spread the birtherism lie about 1× trump s birtherism before the 1× you remember birtherism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but instead of 1× fox news host 1× when helping trump 1× why he says 1×

Common sentence endings:

attacks on obama 1× does absolutely nothing 1× grip on reality 1× he is racist 1× on the matter 1× s ethnic background 1×

Words around Birtherism

Just before it in the word index:

birther 12 birthed 105 birthdays 262 birthday 4.313 birthdates 6 birthdate 29

Just after it in the word index:

birthin 2 birthing 88 birthmark 10 birthmarks 4 birthplace 252 birthplaces 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Birtherism

  • In this selection, "birtherism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, old, remember, attacks, lie and style stand out and add context to how "birtherism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include believed in birtherism or that and ca a birtherism style parsing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "birtherism" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with birtherism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Do you remember Birtherism? (4 words)

What he said about Harris this week just reminded me almost exactly of his old birtherism attacks on Obama. (19 words)

Why he says that the news media is wrong to claim that he ever believed in “Birtherism,” or that he is racist. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

When helping Trump spread the birtherism lie about Barack Obama, he could hardly restrain himself: "That is what it feels like to lose control of your mind—you actually give up your common sense, sense of decency, sensitivity, even your grip on reality…. (43 words)

Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued Tuesday night that there was nothing racist about Donald Trump Jr.’s recent tweet about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a birtherism-style parsing of the California lawmaker and 2020 candidate’s ethnic background. (40 words)

Trump was the champion of birtherism, the racist lie that President Obama was not qualified to be president because he was born in Kenya when he was actually born in Hawaii, a US state. (34 words)

Question examples

Do you remember Birtherism? (4 words)

Example sentences (8)

Trump was the champion of birtherism, the racist lie that President Obama was not qualified to be president because he was born in Kenya when he was actually born in Hawaii, a US state.

What he said about Harris this week just reminded me almost exactly of his old birtherism attacks on Obama.

But, instead of launching counter attacks against this Republican racism – showing outrage at the notion of “Birtherism” – the American Democratic Party does absolutely nothing.

Even so, as with Trump’s birtherism before the last election ( he was on this filthy bandwagon for years ), we have to take him at his last statement on the matter.

When helping Trump spread the birtherism lie about Barack Obama, he could hardly restrain himself: "That is what it feels like to lose control of your mind—you actually give up your common sense, sense of decency, sensitivity, even your grip on reality….

Do you remember Birtherism?

Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued Tuesday night that there was nothing racist about Donald Trump Jr.’s recent tweet about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a birtherism-style parsing of the California lawmaker and 2020 candidate’s ethnic background.

Why he says that the news media is wrong to claim that he ever believed in “Birtherism,” or that he is racist.

Common combinations with birtherism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "birtherism" in a sentence?
An example: "Trump was the champion of birtherism, the racist lie that President Obama was not qualified to be president because he was born in Kenya when he was actually born in Hawaii, a US state." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "birtherism" from authentic English texts.
What does "birtherism" mean?
Birtherism means: A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President.
How many example sentences with "birtherism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "birtherism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.