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View synonyms for power base

power base

noun

  1. a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.:

    His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of power base1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

Dostum would be a central player, shifting alliances constantly from his power base in Jowzjan.

Sinhala nationalists form their power base, and they must be fed.

AQAP has taken advantage of the chaos to build a growing power base in the south outside Aden.

Even amid the pressure of maintaining such an unstable power base, Paul recalls an unflappable leader.

Belonging to the Alawite minority—merely 12 percent of the population—he built a power base of mainly his own clan.

With his power base firmly established, Ceausescu acted to fully disassociate his regime from the Gheorghiu-Dej era.

Zhivkov managed to avert the attempted coup d'etat and afterward strengthened his power base within the party.

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