Yardfowlism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Political sycophancy in return for favors. Barbados, uncountable
"As if it were not enough, one notes too that management analysis and technique continue to face a hard and relentless time from pork-barrel aims, yardfowlism, nepotism, favouritism, cronyism, apple-polishing, logrolling, featherbedding empire-building and other social-human phenomena."
Example
More examples"As if it were not enough, one notes too that management analysis and technique continue to face a hard and relentless time from pork-barrel aims, yardfowlism, nepotism, favouritism, cronyism, apple-polishing, logrolling, featherbedding empire-building and other social-human phenomena."
Etymology
From yardfowl + -ism.
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