Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mania for public employment; a thirst for public office and its opportunities for personal enrichment.
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It is to be hoped that when the two figureheads at present before the country go over to the majority, there may come to the front some earnest and truly patriotic ministers, who have been quietly training in the school of practical politics, and can take the helm with some hope of doing away with the crying evils of _empleomania_ and _caciquismo_.
Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin
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