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petrolism

petrolism noun: political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.

Noun

petrolism (uncountable)

  1. Political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.

Origin of petrolism

From petrol + -ism.

Questions about petrolism

What does petrolism mean?
Petrolism means political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.
What part of speech is petrolism?
Petrolism is a noun.

Words near petrolism in the dictionary

  1. petroliferous
  2. petrolific
  3. petroline
  4. petroling
  5. Petrolio
  6. petrolism
  7. petrolist
  8. petrolists
  9. petrolization
  10. petrolizations
  11. petrolize

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