Associations to the word «Bossism»

Wiktionary

BOSSISM, noun. (US) (politics) The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss)

Dictionary definition

BOSSISM, noun. Domination of a political organization by a party boss.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats