Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tigerish disposition or propensities.
- noun Dissolute swaggering habits; especially, an affectation of such habits.
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Examples
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China above all is sensitive to "paper-tigerism" and ready to challenge it, especially in regard to its essential interests and where the balance of applicable power is swinging in its favor.
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China above all is sensitive to "paper-tigerism" and ready to challenge it, especially in regard to its essential interests and where the balance of applicable power is swinging in its favor.
Claremont.org 2010
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China above all is sensitive to "paper-tigerism" and ready to challenge it, especially in regard to its essential interests and where the balance of applicable power is swinging in its favor.
Claremont.org 2010
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