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praetorianism

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prae⋅to⋅ri⋅an⋅ism

  [pree-tawr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -tohr-]
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–noun
the control of a society by force or fraud, esp. when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
Origin:
1865–70; praetorian + -ism
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