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Meaning of "Cleggmania" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLEGGMANIA

From clegg + -mania.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEGGMANIA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLEGGMANIA

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cleggmania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLEGGMANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cleggmania

Nick Clegg

Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British politician who since 2010 has been Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Lord President of the Council, as part of the coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron. Clegg has been the leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2007, and a member of parliament representing Sheffield Hallam since 2005. Having attended the University of Cambridge, the University of Minnesota, and the College of Europe, he was previously a Member of the European Parliament and an award-winning journalist for the Financial Times. Clegg was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election and became the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson in 2006. He became Deputy Prime Minister following the 2010 general election, when the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party. As well as his parliamentary roles, Clegg has contributed to many pamphlets and books on political issues. A fluent speaker of five European languages, he has also had a large number of jobs, including being a skiing instructor and working in the office of a bank in Helsinki.

Definition of Cleggmania in the English dictionary

The definition of Cleggmania in the dictionary is the surge in popularity for the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, after a series of live televised debates preceding the British general election.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEGGMANIA

Cleese
Cleethorpes
cleeve
clef
cleft
cleft lip
cleft palate
cleg
Clegg
cleidoic egg
cleik
Cleisthenes
cleistogamic
cleistogamous
cleistogamously
cleistogamy
cleithral
Cleland

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEGGMANIA

Anglomania
bibliomania
decalcomania
dipsomania
egomania
erotomania
hypomania
kleptomania
leishmania
Lithuania
mania
megalomania
melomania
nymphomania
pyromania
Romania
Roumania
Rumania
Tasmania
technomania
zoomania

Synonyms and antonyms of Cleggmania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Cleggmania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEGGMANIA

Find out the translation of Cleggmania to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Cleggmania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cleggmania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Cleggmania
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cleggmania
570 millions of speakers

English

Cleggmania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Cleggmania
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Cleggmania
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Cleggmania
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cleggmania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Cleggmania
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Cleggmania
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cleggmania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cleggmania
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Cleggmania
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Cleggmania
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cleggmania
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Cleggmania
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Cleggmania
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लीगामॅनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cleggmania
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cleggmania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cleggmania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Cleggmania
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cleggmania
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Cleggmania
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Cleggmania
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Cleggmania
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Cleggmania
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Cleggmania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEGGMANIA»

The term «Cleggmania» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Cleggmania».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Cleggmania

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEGGMANIA»

Discover the use of Cleggmania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cleggmania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America
The newspaper discussion of Cleggmania was a major site of this worry about a ' nation stoned on Cleggmania' (The Sunday Times, 25 April 2010), especially since the party allegiances of the UK press are largely Conservative.
Andrew Tolson, Mats Ekström, 2013
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Light and Dark Verse
Cleggmania. On one side stood the hammer and the sickle And on the other forces of reaction. But times were hard, allegiances were fickle And we disliked the politicsof faction. So we triangulated. It seemed brainier To setthe old divisiveness ...
Martin Bell, 2011
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Nick Clegg: The Biography
In theearly months of2011, when Clegg's profilehad sunk tothe point wherehewas given only amodest role inthecampaign fora change in the voting system,it became fashionableto compare his fall from theheights of Cleggmania in April 2010.
Chris Bowers, 2012
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Dave and Nick: The Year of the Honeymoon...and beyond
21. April. 2010. It's. Cleggmania. as. Nickhasan. Obama. moment. As thenation swooned overNick there was onlyone placetobe – with themanhimself asheheaded out to judgea tractorbuilding T contest. Does it get better than this? he moment.
Ann Treneman, 2011
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Whitaker's Shorts: Five Years in Review
CLEGGMANIA. BREAKS. OUT. AFTER. TV. TRIUMPH. For decadesBritain's political leaders hadresisted the overtures of the TV networks to follow the USexampleandpartake inlive leaders' debates duringageneral election campaign.
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013
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The UK General Election of 2010: Explaining the Outcome
It was the first debate which launched 'Cleggmania' and the Liberal Democrat surge. Debates two and three, meanwhile, saw rather more modest recoveries for the other parties, particularly the Conservatives. Agreeing to the debates was a ...
Justin Fisher, Christopher Wlezien, 2013
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A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor
Tories find The Lady is for turning How will the Tories beat the forces of Cleggmania? Simple – engage the services of The Lady. The mayor's younger brother, Jo Johnson, a prospective Tory candidate in Orpington (Tory majority: 4,947), ...
Rachel Johnson, 2010
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Living the Dream:
was the question. The comment was made in the aftermath of Cleggmania that swept Britain for a couple of weeks during the recent General Election campaign. Nick Clegg, an essentially unheard of leader of a relatively minor political party in  ...
Barrie Mahoney, 2014
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Twitters from the Atlantic:
was the question. The comment was made in the aftermath of Cleggmania that swept Britain for a couple of weeks during the recent General Election campaign. Nick Clegg, an essentially unheard of leader of a relatively minor political party in  ...
Barrie Mahoney, 2014
10
Sorry, But Has There Been a Coup: and other great unanswered ...
Cleggmania: what were the highs? what were the lows? Highs: 2,000 people outside Sheffield Town Hall, just to see him pass by; the 'I agree with Nick' t-shirts; being carried for eight miles by a human wave of singing children; the woman ...
Alan McArthur, Steve Lowe, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEGGMANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cleggmania is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nick Clegg has no regrets about going into coalition with the …
The election left the party with eight MPs, down from the 56 it won at the 2010 General Election in the midst of Cleggmania. Although his ... «City A.M., Jun 15»
2
Sturgeon's story should be a lesson for all politicians: it doesn't …
... as someone zooms onto our screens, previously more or less unknown beyond the party faithful and now a star, think Cleggmania in 2010. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Battlegrounds Revisited 6) Yorkshire and the Humber
>Harrogate and Knaresborough: Had Cleggmania turned out as expected, this seat would not have fallen last time. Andrew Jones took it by just ... «Conservative Home, Jun 15»
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Secrets of the Tories' election 'war room'
... repeat of 2010, when the first debate saw the Tories “slam into a brick wall”, as “Cleggmania” erupted and derailed Mr Cameron's campaign. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Tim Farron to stand as leader of the Liberal Democrats
“At the heart of Cleggmania we had half that many joining us. And half who are joining us are under 30. There is great sense that liberalism is ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Why are so many people joining the Liberal Democrats?
The numbers have almost reached the levels the party enjoyed back in 2009 and could well rise to that of the Cleggmania days in 2010, when ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Cameron rebooted: five more years of a shiny computerised toe in a …
... which is perhaps why, back in 2010 – at the height of Cleggmania – the public projected their hope on to him, only to replace that with scorn ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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The Lib Dems' painful lesson: splitting the difference doesn't work
The warning signs should have been there five years ago: despite Cleggmania and all those extra votes, the Lib Dems actually lost a net five ... «New Statesman, May 15»
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The Liberal Democrats' demise - in 90 seconds
What a difference five years makes... watch how the party's fortunes have changed from Cleggmania at the start of the coalition government in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Election 2015: how will seven-party politics work?
Apart from a slight surge for Labour during the final weekend, the biggest thing in the picture is what we called #Cleggmania, where the Lib ... «Channel 4 News, May 15»

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