Bourbonism

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English

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Etymology

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From Bourbon +‎ -ism.

Noun

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Bourbonism (countable and uncountable, plural Bourbonisms)

  1. (historical) The principles of the supporters of the House of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
    • 1909 July 16, The California Weekly, volume 1, page 530:
      Bourbonism had dominated France for a century and a half, growing daily more arrogant, grasping, unfeeling, cruel, autocratic. Bourbonism is a constant quality in human nature. It is spawned of the possession of irresponsible power.
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