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commandism

commandism noun: dictatorial authoritarianism.

Noun

commandism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Dictatorial authoritarianism.
    • As a result of Lin Piao and the "gang of four's" reckless, unbridled sabotage of the party's various policies for the rural areas, their trampling on the production team's right to stand on its own feet, and their arbitrary orders and unscrupulous commandism, agricultural production and commune...1978 February 17 [1978 February 16], Commentator, “Respect the Production Team's Right To Stand on Its Own Feet”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 34, Foreign Broadcast...
    • Two months later the Party Day editorial in Jen-min jih-pao also identified commandism as the principal problem to be overcome.1981, Harry Harding, Organizing China: The Problem of Bureaucracy, 1949-1976, page 45

Origin of commandism

From command + -ism.

Questions about commandism

What does commandism mean?
Commandism means dictatorial authoritarianism.
What part of speech is commandism?
Commandism is a noun.

Words near commandism in the dictionary

  1. commanding officer
  2. commanding officers
  3. commandingly
  4. commandingness
  5. commandings
  6. commandism
  7. commandist
  8. commandless
  9. commandlet
  10. commandlets
  11. commandment

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