continuism

English

Etymology

Calque of Spanish continuismo, equivalent to continue +‎ -ism.

Noun

continuism (uncountable)

  1. (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[1]:
      “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[2]:
      But being an insider does not necessarily mean “continuism.”

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