Definition of "gombeenism" [gombeenism]

• The practice of resorting to or depending on money-lenders. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And while FF were busy buying off the public services over the years our export and manufacturing output was shot to hell for their short term gombeenism and buying votes."
• "There is an alternative to the gombeenism that has wrought so much pain on hard-working families."
• "It shows that there is at least some appetite out there to challenge the culture of gombeenism, cute-hoorism, corruption and clientism that is such a major part of Irish life."