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bossism

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boss·ism  (bôszm, bsz-)
n.
The domination of a political organization by a boss.
bossism [ˈbɒsˌɪzəm]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US the domination or the system of domination of political organizations by bosses
bossism
U.S. a control by bosses, especially political bosses.
See also: Politics
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Noun1.bossism - domination of a political organization by a party boss
domination - social control by dominating


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It's Bossism that generates arrogance among the bosses and learned passivity among the bossed, along with fatalism or corrosive resentment.
Bosses and bossism by Ehrenreich, Barbara / The Progressive
14) John Sidel, Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999), p.
Colonial capital, modernist capital, global capital: the changing ... by Shatkin, Gavin / Pacific Affairs
Finally, graduates of the boarding schools often used their education and role as cultural brokers to establish themselves as political bosses (known as caciques) in their hometowns, though others turned away from bossism and used their position as hinge-men to empower their fellows and improve their communities.
Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico by Boyer, Christopher R. / Journal of Social History
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