godfatherism
A form of political corruption in which an influential individual handpicks another,…A form of political corruption in which an influential individual handpicks another, often less influential candidate, to attain leadership in order to exert authority or influence. This may be due to the unpopularity of one candidate, or to work around incumbency term limits.
Meaning
1 senses(Nigeria, uncountable)A form of political corruption in which an influential individual handpicks another, often less influential candidate, to attain leadership in order to exert authority or influence. This may be due to the unpopularity of one candidate, or to work around incumbency term limits.
Origin
From godfather + -ism.From godfather + -ism.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable