continuism

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noun

The practice of serving in office indefinitely by bypassing or abolishing term limits.

OriginSpanish continuismo →
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Meanings

nouncontinuism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentThe practice of serving in office indefinitely by bypassing or abolishing term limits.

    But being an insider does not necessarily mean “continuism.”

    2018 May 15, Javier Corrales, “Venezuelans Have No Choice but to Vote”, in The New York Times
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    “The President can go to the elections alone because I'm not going to legalize a fraud of huge proportions in order to maintain continuism,” he added.

    1974 May 14, “BOYCOTT IS HINTED IN DOMINICAN VOTE”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishcontinuismo
  2. Englishcontinuism

Calque of Spanish continuismo, equivalent to continue + -ism.

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APA

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Chicago

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