Jeffersonianism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jeffersonian \Jef`fer*so"ni*an\, a.
     Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
     President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
     which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
     to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
     or his doctrines. -- {Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism}, n.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]