In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CORPORATISM
corporatism
(noun) control of a state or organization by large interest groups; “individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
corporatism (countable and uncountable, plural corporatisms)
A political system in which society is organized into collective interest groups or "bodies" (Latin corpora) which are subservient to the state and act as organs of political representation.
Etymology 2
Noun
corporatism (countable and uncountable, plural corporatisms)
(chiefly, US, derogatory) A form of capitalism in which the government is lobbied by, or generally heavily favors, corporations at the expense of the general populace.
Synonym: neocorporatism
Anagrams
• proto-racism, protoracism
Source: Wiktionary
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