Meaning of BOSSISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'bosizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] domination of a political organization by a party boss |
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| | Definition: | | \Boss"ism\, n.
The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.
[Slang, U. S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | arbitrariness, authoritarianism, authoritativeness, autocraticalness, career politics, confrontation politics, consensus politics, domineering, domineeringness, economics in action, empirical politics, imperativeness, imperiousness, kid-glove politics, lordliness, machine politics, Machtpolitik, magisterialness, magistrality, masterfulness, overbearance, overbearing, overbearingness, partisan politics, partisanism, peanut politics, peremptoriness, petty politics, politics, polity, pork-barrel politics, power politics, practical politics, pressure-group politics, Realpolitik, reform politics, silk-stocking politics, Tammany Hall, tyrannicalness, ward politics |
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