Franco
noun
Francisco, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco-BahamondeEl Caudillo, 1892–1975, Spanish military leader and dictator: chief of state 1939–47; regent of the kingdom of Spain 1947–75.
Francoism
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a word derived from
Franco.
Example Sentences
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After 3½ decades of Francoism, during which, the author reminds us, the dictator “decided that Spaniards were too childish to govern themselves,” there was a palpable sense of a nation orphaned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Under the new law, studies of the legacy of Francoism will be part of the compulsory school programme and required for seekers of civil service jobs.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2022
On 23 February 1981, 200 armed officers tried and failed to force a return to Francoism by seizing the Congress of Deputies building in Madrid.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2020
Even when these books are not explicitly about Francoism, they tend to examine structures of feeling that cannot but recall the dictatorship and its aftermath.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
There is a feeling that we are at the end of Francoism.
From Time Magazine Archive
