draconianisms

Noun

draconianism (usually uncountable, plural draconianisms)

1. (usually) A system of cruel or harsh laws.
   • When an organization has selected its mission and laid out its strategies for attaining it, the job duties inherent in those functions must be monitored to determined that they are being performed adequately. This aspect of monitoring may smack of draconianism or Taylorism, but it is not. All...2002, Carolyn J. Downey; Fenwick W. English; Larry E. Frase; R. Gerald Melton; William K. Poston, Jr.; Betty E. Steffy, “Strategy Thirty-six: Monitor the Curriculum”, in 50 Ways to Raise Students’...