Portmanteau: Symbolic + Politics
From Edelman: Subconscious creation of a make-believe political world by politicians, based on their own roles, for the electorate using political symbols and rituals for and by the mass media.
From Edelman: Subconscious creation of a make-believe political world by politicians, based on their own roles, for the electorate using political symbols and rituals for and by the mass media.
McCain's own brand of symbolitics creates for himself a media image of a great hero saving his party and country from demise.
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Like sugarless chocolate or vegetarian chicken, promoters of symbolless math show that no groups or peoples should be excluded, especially the math-anxious or mathophobic—no one is beyond mathematical comprehension.
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