bossismn.
/ˈbɒsɪz(ə)m/ U.S.
The system in which political parties are controlled by ‘bosses’ or ‘wire-pullers’.
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1881 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 616 The event shows also that the days of ‘bossism’ are closing.
1883 American 6 88 If Bossism and Hubbellism were found..to be still the potential forces.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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