kaiserism

American  

[kahy-zuh-riz-uhm] / ˈkaɪ zəˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.

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Etymology

Origin of kaiserism

First recorded in 1910–15; kaiser + -ism

Example Sentences

It was a worse condition than kaiserism itself had ever set up.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.

The German, emancipated from feudalism and kaiserism, is a pretty good citizen.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various

The doom of kaiserism was written large on that Lincoln Highway in that army of resolute, slow-moving army trucks.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John