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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

The collective efficiency of the Bismarckian idea, as worked out in the German Constitution, promptly ascertains the will of the people, and carries out that will.

From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert

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