praetorianism

[pree-tawr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -tohr-]

prae·to·ri·an·ism

[pree-tawr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -tohr-]
noun
the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.

Origin:
1865–70; praetorian + -ism
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Praetorianism has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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