clientelisticadj.
/ˌklʌɪəntəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌkliːəntəˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌklaɪən(t)əˈlɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or characterized by clientelism.
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1961 A. O. Hirschman Lat. Amer. Issues 24 The bureaucratic, parasitic and ‘clientelistic’ traditions of what is known in Brazil as the ‘Cartorial’ (paper-shuffling or Notarial) State.
1974 Jrnl. Commonw. & Compar. Polit. 12 135 The mention of social class..raises the other notable feature of definitions of clientelistic ties.
1991 Dædalus Summer 133 This contributed to the development of clientelistic and exclusionary patterns of government in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America.
2002 Foreign Policy July 62/2 Economic reconstruction helped create clientelistic obligations on the part of the nations receiving U.S. aid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1961- to throw down the gauntlet
- to throw dust in the eyes of
- to throw etc one's weight about or around
- to throw everything at
- to throw everything into
- to throw fire
- to throw fling) in a person's face
- to throw fling) something in a person's face
- to throw good money after bad
- to throw in
- to throw in a person's way
- to throw in a widdie
- to throw in for good measure
- to throw in gear
- to throw in one's cards
- to throw in one's dish
- to throw in one's fortune with
- to throw in one's hand
- to throw in one's interest with
- to throw in one's lot with
- to throw in one's marble
- to throw in one's teeth
- to throw in teeth
- to throw in the melting pot
- to throw in the towel