Word: warlordism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: war
lord
ism
Definition: The behaviours and practices of warlords; supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak
Morphemes:
Affix: war
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
Affix: lord
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.