bossism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bossism
Example Sentences
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Stripping Madigan’s bossism out of the statehouse would be like opening the windows to a dusty attic.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2020
“Al D’Amato accusing someone of bossism is like the Kardashians calling someone gaudy,” said Mike Morey, a spokesman for Ms. Quinn.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2013
Fact was that the labor bossism issue was a sleeper and much of the whistling was in the dark.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having turned against the bosses in order to ensure the support of the surging reform Democrats, Wagner managed to make bossism the campaign's big issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
This act would either be regarded as arrant madness or attempted international bossism.
From The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox by Charles E. Morris
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