gentilism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentilism
Example Sentences
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The free and voluntary respect that was accorded to the organs of gentilism does not satisfy them any more, even if they might have it.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
The organs of gentilism changed from servants of the public will to independent organs of rule oppressing their own people.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
The lowest police employee of the civilized state has more "authority" than all the organs of gentilism combined.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
In preceding chapters we have shown by three concrete examples the three main forms in which the state was built up on the ruins of gentilism.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
It is not composed of armed men alone, but has also such objects as prisons and correction houses attached to it, that were unknown to gentilism.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
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