Bourbonism
Americannoun
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adherence to the ideas and system of government practiced by the Bourbons.
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extreme conservatism, especially in politics.
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support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 and 1815–48, and in Spain (1700–1808; 1813–1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734–1806; 1815–1860)
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extreme political and social conservatism
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To them Lippmann as an opponent of the New Deal is a man convicted of treason to progressive social ideals, a turncoat, seduced not by cash but by the meretricious appeals of Bourbonism.
From Time Magazine Archive
The high tide of reaction was reached in 1935, when the most charitable liberal observation was the New Republic's: that that year's convention was a "perfect example of Bourbonism in full flower."
From Time Magazine Archive
But ahead lies the danger of the fifth stage: the coming of a dictator still fired by some revolutionary zeal, and beyond that, the possibility, of a Bourbonism restored.
From Time Magazine Archive
He believed that to the victors belong the spoils; and as Bourbonism had triumphed, he wanted to stamp out every remnant of the Revolution.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
Spaniardism culminated in Bourbonism, and this, again, reached its climax in the closing years of the eighteenth century, when the conditions of south Italy baffled description.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
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