personalist
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- adjective
- /ˈpɜrsənəlɪst/
- Formal
- For more cohesive regimes, like personalist dictatorships, the story is different.
- personalist regime
- personalist dictatorship
- personalist state
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the result is different versions of personalist rule.
- And the result is different versions of personalist rule.
Examples
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And so we have this personalist transition based on a limited idea of similarity, obviously.
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For thirty-four years, the key to the stability of the Stronato was Stroessner's personalist rule.
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The region has been populated in the past with a mix of military and personalist regimes.
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About 19 of these are personalist regimes, and 5 are military regimes.
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The personalist politics of caciquismo coexisted with the new system, forming part of its inner structure.
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Following this personalist view, we could agree on the rights—and we could even agree why.
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Compared to personalist states, policy prescriptions against military regimes are more straightforward and perhaps less costly to the sender.
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Muammar el-Qaddafi's resilience testified to the fact that personalist regimes are especially difficult to dislodge.
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Divisions between so-called hard-liners and soft-liners are virtually nonexistent in personalist regimes.
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The personalist approach highlights the dignity of each individual in their social interactions.
Synonyms
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Giving one leader and their close friends more power than rules
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Etymology
The word personalist comes from person, from the Latin persona meaning 'person' or 'mask', and the ending -ist, which names someone who follows an idea, as in artist. So a personalist view means putting the individual person and their value first.