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mountaintopism

mountaintopism noun: the tendency of a provincial governor to regard the province as his own personal territory.

Noun

mountaintopism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The tendency of a provincial governor to regard the province as his own personal territory.

Origin of mountaintopism

From mountaintop + -ism. Calque of the (now rarely used) Chinese word 山頭主義 / 山头主义 (shāntóuzhǔyì).

Questions about mountaintopism

What does mountaintopism mean?
Mountaintopism means the tendency of a provincial governor to regard the province as his own personal territory.
What part of speech is mountaintopism?
Mountaintopism is a noun.

Words near mountaintopism in the dictionary

  1. mountainslopes
  2. mountainsnail
  3. mountainsnails
  4. mountaintop
  5. mountaintop removal
  6. mountaintopism
  7. mountaintops
  8. mountainward
  9. mountainwards
  10. mountainy
  11. mountant

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