Mountaintopism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tendency of a provincial governor to regard the province as his own personal territory. derogatory, uncountable

Etymology

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

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