presidentialisation

noun

The process of a political system or political party adjusting to having a president, rather than some other configuration of executive power.

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nounpresidentialisation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of a political system or political party adjusting to having a president, rather than some other configuration of executive power.

    Some distinctive features of each system affect the degree of presidentialisation, but even Prime Minister Clark has observed the phenomenon in New Zealand.

    2009, Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov, W. Andy Knight, The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership, page 235
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