Bismarckian

[ biz-mahr-kee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

First recorded in 1865–70; Bismarck + -ian

The whole German people have become Bismarckian, and believe that it is might which creates right.

I hope you haven't discovered anything Bismarckian about my back.

The Bismarckian realists among them believed that it would be brought about, in South Africa and elsewhere, by 'blood and iron.'

Bismarckian State control is brusque and baneful, and is certainly not the desire of the true Socialist.

This Bismarckian but imaginative rsum of the conversation in the Park came out quite glibly, and Marie laughed.

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