warlord clique

C9749
concept

A warlord clique is a small, tightly knit group of military or paramilitary leaders who control territory through force, patronage, and personal loyalty rather than formal state authority.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
warlord clique canonical 8
military clique 1
warlord regime 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: warlord clique
Generated description
A warlord clique is a small, tightly knit group of military or paramilitary leaders who control territory through force, patronage, and personal loyalty rather than formal state authority.

Instances (10)

Instance Via concept surface
Anhui clique —
Shanxi Clique —
Guominjun —
Fengtian clique —
Guangxi Clique —
Beiyang Government warlord regime
Beiyang Army factions —
Five Provinces Coalition —
Nationalist Army military clique
Ma clique —