personalism
noun
per·son·al·ism
ˈpərs-nə-ˌli-zəm 
ˈpər-sə-nə-
: a doctrine emphasizing the significance, uniqueness, and inviolability of personality
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Research shows that the information problems created by personalism can hamper a country’s performance on the battlefield and distort its leader’s perception of foreign threats.
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Adam E. Casey, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2022
What is personalism?
—Ryce Stoughtenborough, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
On the Sister’s website, Monica Beemer, a former director, offered a tribute: Genny always led with a gentle, yet formidable presence, centering Sisters’ work on the core principles of gentle personalism, nonviolence, and the practice of dining with dignity.
—oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2020
As pacifists, personalism gives a pathway for heroism even when the struggle — the struggle to stop the war — is lost.
—David Perry, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
The principles animating this vary from one administration to the next, but Trump’s staffing was unprecedented in its volatility—unheard-of numbers of officials at senior and middle levels were hired and fired—and its personalism.
—Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2021
Third, increased personalism also undermines the idea of a Chinese governance model.
—Jeremy Wallace, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
Research on how to measure a leader’s personalism sheds light on these developments and how Xi’s moves compare with those in other regimes, like Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Kim Jong Un’s North Korea or Paul Kagame’s Rwanda.
—Erica Frantz, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
Changing the constitution to keep the leader in office is precisely the kind of change that scholars use to gauge rising or falling personalism.
—Jeremy Wallace, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
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Adam E. Casey, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2022
What is personalism?
—Ryce Stoughtenborough, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
On the Sister’s website, Monica Beemer, a former director, offered a tribute: Genny always led with a gentle, yet formidable presence, centering Sisters’ work on the core principles of gentle personalism, nonviolence, and the practice of dining with dignity.
—oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2020
As pacifists, personalism gives a pathway for heroism even when the struggle — the struggle to stop the war — is lost.
—David Perry, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
The principles animating this vary from one administration to the next, but Trump’s staffing was unprecedented in its volatility—unheard-of numbers of officials at senior and middle levels were hired and fired—and its personalism.
—Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2021
Third, increased personalism also undermines the idea of a Chinese governance model.
—Jeremy Wallace, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
Research on how to measure a leader’s personalism sheds light on these developments and how Xi’s moves compare with those in other regimes, like Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Kim Jong Un’s North Korea or Paul Kagame’s Rwanda.
—Erica Frantz, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
Changing the constitution to keep the leader in office is precisely the kind of change that scholars use to gauge rising or falling personalism.
—Jeremy Wallace, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
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