noun
- the control of a political organization by party bosses; domination by political bosses
Usage: political science
Examples
- The reform movement aimed to eliminate bossism from city politics.
- Bossism dominated urban politics in the late 19th century.
- Citizens organized to fight against the corruption of bossism.
- The newspaper exposed the bossism that controlled local elections.
- Progressive reformers worked to replace bossism with transparent government.
- Bossism often involved trading jobs for political loyalty.