Noun
warlordism (usually uncountable, plural warlordisms)
The behaviours and practices of warlords.
After the collapse of Zhang's movement, all pretense of strength from the central government collapsed, and China descended into a period of warlordism. Source: Internet
However, it is not accurate to attribute China's subsequent age of warlordism as a personal preference, since in his career as a military reformer he had attempted to forge a modern army based on the Japanese model. Source: Internet
However, with warlordism continuing to plague the Republic of China, the development of the navy was somewhat slow. Source: Internet
This helped lay the foundations for the warlordism that crippled China over the next two decades. Source: Internet