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单词 jobbism
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jobbismn.

Brit. /ˈdʒɒbɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: job n.2, -ism suffix.
Etymology: < job n.2 + -ism suffix. Compare earlier jobbery n., jobbing n.2 2.
Now rare.
= jobbery n. 1.
ΚΠ
1807 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life (1852) I. 177 I cannot dissemble my suspicions of jobbism.
1850 Freethinker's Mag. 1 July 63 There is about it the hue of Whig jobbism.
1968 Jrnl. Inst. Town Planners, India June–Sept. 28/1 In one State..the Planning Board has become a sort of super state cabinet. In another, it became the haven of sinecure jobbism to political favourites.
1975 Politics 10 107/1 One feels at times that the authors are being a little kind to caucus ‘democracy’ which all too often is merely jobbism and personal power aggrandisement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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