warlordism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He represents warlordism in a business suit instead of a thawb.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
But in the longer term, if they become too strong, they could produce a new era of warlordism.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022
He said that Somalia has been moving beyond the mayhem, despair and warlordism that once made it one of Africa’s most dysfunctional countries.
From New York Times • May 5, 2015
But the issue is delicate to many who fear that such experiments could lead Afghanistan further into warlordism and out-of-control militias.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2010
Fighting that subsequently erupted among the various mujahidin factions eventually helped to spawn the Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement that fought to end the warlordism and civil war that gripped the country.
From The 2005 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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