Definition of Caciquism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caciquism

cachinnatory
cachiri
cacholong
cacholongs
cacholot
cacholots
cachou
cachous
cachucha
cachuchas
cacik
caciks
caciocavallo
cacique
caciques
caciquism (current term)
caciquisms
cacistocracies
cacistocracy
cack-handed
cack up
cacked
cackel
cackerel
cackerels
cackhanded
cacking
cackle
cackle-bladder

Literary usage of Caciquism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philippine Life in Town and Country by James Alfred LeRoy, James Alfred Le Roy (1907)
"CHAPTER VI caciquism AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT '""THE chief obstacle to social and political pro- I gress in the Philippines is ..."

2. The Truth about Spain by G. H. B. Ward (1913)
"CHAPTER II THE ART AND CRAFT OF caciquism The ... “Curse of Spain “—Maura's Exposition of caciquism—His Remedy—Testimony from Professors and from Count de ..."

3. Philippine Independence by Manuel Luis Quezon (1911)
"In relation to the existence of caciquism, which thrives, as' Is believed ... It would be a government of caciquism. It would not be possible to ignore this ..."

4. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"If some enlightened artisan attempts to counteract the evil of caciquism by seeking for any reform necessary to the place, or if he persists in being ..."

5. ... Selected Articles on Independence for the Philippines by Emma Louise Teich (1913)
"It is likewise alleged that caciquism is revealed in the most flagrant form when the Philippine municipal officials, and even provincial officials, ..."

6. Special Report of J. M. Dickinson, Secretary of War, to the President, on by United States War Dept, Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1910)
"In relation to the existence of caciquism which thrives as is believed because the mass of the ... In other words, it would be a government of caciquism. ..."

7. Special Reports on the Philippines to the President by William Howard Taft, Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1919)
"In other words, it would be a government of caciquism. It would not be possible to ignore this fact, that by the force of circumstances and in virtue of our ..."

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