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Davos Man

Davos Man
 n.— «Political scientist Samuel Huntington who coined the pejorative term “Davos Man” (referring to participants who he viewed as having a false sense of their international identity), famously dismissed the conference as a “watering hole for the global elite.”» —“The Davos Conference” by Alyssa Fetini Time Jan. 27, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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