Meanings
nounKaramanlism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe particular style of governance and general management of political life (pragmatic, synthetical, systematic instead of ideological, analytical, and haphazard) introduced by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
Two-partyism, this so convenient system for contented peoples who are agreed upon the general principles of the constitution and the policies of the government, appeared to present two great advantages for Karamanlism.
1998, Takis S. Pappas, Making party democracy in Greece, Macmillan Press, page 38
Origin
From Karamanlis + -ism, after Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998).
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