Term: nomenklatura: the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: brush-tailed porcupine: porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: arms manufacturer: someone who manufactures arms and munitions
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: associate: a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: computer operation: an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: hegemon: a leading or paramount power
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: tsutsugamushi disease: transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: odium: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: paper toweling: absorbent paper used as toweling
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: alkaptonuria: a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
Broader: patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | Unrelated: fenestra rotunda: fenestra leading into the cochlea