continuism
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English
Etymology
Calque of Spanish continuismo, equivalent to continue + -ism.
Noun
continuism (uncountable)
- (politics) The practice of serving in office indefinitely by bypassing or abolishing term limits.
- 1974 May 14, “BOYCOTT IS HINTED IN DOMINICAN VOTE”, in The New York Times:
- “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.
- 2018 May 15, Javier Corrales, “Venezuelans Have No Choice but to Vote”, in The New York Times:
- But being an insider does not necessarily mean “continuism.”
Further reading
Continuismo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
