Bismarckian
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In fact, many of the more notable successes of American foreign policy centered around this Bismarckian idea.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023
But raw power lubricated by audacious lying is Bismarckian.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022
Palmerston appeared determined to thwart all attempts at domestic reform, and he was increasingly out of touch in the new Bismarckian world of international realpolitik.
From BBC • May 1, 2015
The occasion did not require Spokesman Hughes to explain why taking private citizens out of the liquor business, by Federal law, was not equally Bismarckian.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, if you'll make the pig grunt again, I will be good," said Harold, with a Bismarckian mastery of the do ut des principle.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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