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Tammanyism

Tammanyism noun: a style of corrupt democratic politics.

Noun

Tammanyism (uncountable)

  1. A style of corrupt democratic politics.

Origin of Tammanyism

From Tammany + -ism.

Questions about Tammanyism

What does Tammanyism mean?
Tammanyism means a style of corrupt democratic politics.
What part of speech is Tammanyism?
Tammanyism is a noun.

Words near Tammanyism in the dictionary

  1. Tammanize
  2. Tammanized
  3. Tammanizes
  4. Tammanizing
  5. Tammany
  6. Tammanyism
  7. Tammanyite
  8. Tammanyites
  9. Tammanyization
  10. Tammanyize
  11. Tammanyized

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