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Bismarckian

American  
[biz-mahr-kee-uhn] / bɪzˈmɑr ki ən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.


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Etymology

Origin of Bismarckian

First recorded in 1865–70; Bismarck + -ian

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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

And imagine how much it will cost till Bismarckian and Nietzschean Germany "changes her spirit" as Sienkiewicz foretold.

From The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series by Nikolai Velimirović

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