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sultanism|ˈsʌltənɪz(ə)m|
[f. sultan n. + -ism.]
Rule like that of a sultan; absolute government; despotism, tyranny.
1821New Monthly Mag. II. 354 Our admiration of chivalry and sultanism. 1851H. Melville Whale xxxiii. 161 That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested. 1869Seeley Ess. & Lect. (1870) 88 Asiatic sultanism was set up, and all public functions fell into the hands of military officials. 1884― Short Hist. Nap. I (1886) iii. §4. 113 The rising sultanism [of Napoleon in 1804]. |
