New Frontier

American

noun

the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.

New Frontier Cultural

A slogan used by President John F. Kennedy to describe his goals and policies. Kennedy maintained that, like the Americans of the frontier in the nineteenth century, Americans of the twentieth century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all.

Etymology

Origin of New Frontier

As a political catchphrase, apparently first used by Henry Wallace in a book of the same title (1934)

Example Sentences

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But a new frontier is emerging at the edges of that system.

From MarketWatch

Born in California when that state was still the new frontier, Edward H. Crane spent his early career in the 1964 Goldwater campaign and then helped the Libertarian Party run candidates for President.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investors appeared to like the idea that Venezuela could become a new frontier for U.S. oil companies, or a bigger one for Chevron.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is one of several firms competing to develop a powerful quantum computer - which is seen as an exciting new frontier in the future of computing.

From BBC

In 1983, he founded New Frontier Publications for the Salvation Army, serving as editor until 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

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