boosterism
noun
boost·er·ism
ˈbü-stər-ˌi-zəm 
: the activities and attitudes characteristic of boosters
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Her article asserts that hometown boosterism keeps people from assessing the crime problem accurately.
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This sentiment can be traced back to one of Minnesota’s most famous writers, Sinclair Lewis, who satirized local boosterism through the character of George Babbitt.
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David Schultz, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
But the strategic cocktail of soft nationalism, corporate politics and ticket-sales boosterism that constitutes the wild card system more often overshadows sporting fairness.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
What Kind of Paradise was my way of reckoning with the Internet boosterism of that era and the fallout of all of our blind optimism.
—Janelle Brown
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
But boosterism on the part of conventional economists only makes their task easier.
—Frances Beinecke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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David Schultz, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
But the strategic cocktail of soft nationalism, corporate politics and ticket-sales boosterism that constitutes the wild card system more often overshadows sporting fairness.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
What Kind of Paradise was my way of reckoning with the Internet boosterism of that era and the fallout of all of our blind optimism.
—Janelle Brown
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
But boosterism on the part of conventional economists only makes their task easier.
—Frances Beinecke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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“Boosterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boosterism. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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