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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Herodism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, no-plural
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noun
The killing of unwanted people, especially children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Indulgence in or worship of worldly spectacle and power rather than that which is good or worthy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A political stance of allowing domination by a more powerful country, usually in order to preserve some level of control rather than being vanquished.
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Usage: uncountable
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History
From Herod the Great, the biblical king who is said to have ordered the execution of all male infants under the age of two in the town of Bethlehem and the surrounding region, as he saw Jesus as a threat to his rule and who was allowed to rule by accepting Roman control and dominance.
