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Definition of Bossism
1. Noun. Domination of a political organization by a party boss.
Definition of Bossism
1. n. The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.
Definition of Bossism
1. Noun. (American English) (politics) The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bossism
1. control by political bosses [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bossism
1. The rule or practices of bosses, especially. Political bosses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bossism
Literary usage of Bossism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... Republican Association — Refutation of a Newspaper Slander Upon HM Daugherty —
Newspaper Writers and Correspondents — " bossism " in Hamilton County. ..."
2. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski, Frederick Clarke (1922)
"Living to a great extent on the corporations, bossism burst into full bloom in
the States where big capitalist ..."
3. Readings on Parties and Elections in the United States by Chester Lloyd Jones (1912)
"MUNICIPAL POLITICS AND bossism 1 City populations furnish the greatest opportunity
for bad political conditions since the people do not know each other and ..."
4. Democracy and Government by Samuel Peterson (1919)
"To the degree that a boss or a group of bosses is able to control a government
that government is autocratic or oligarchic. In bossism we have therefore the ..."
5. Civil Government in California by John Richard Sutton (1916)
"Attempts to overthrow bossism in California. — Every session of the legislature
after 1890 witnessed some attempt to place the voters of California in a ..."
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