monarchism

[ mon-er-kiz-uhm ]

/ ˈmɒn ərˌkɪz əm /

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noun

the principles of monarchy.

advocacy of monarchical rule.

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Origin of monarchism

1830–40; monarch(y) + -ism; compare French monarchisme,German Monarchismus

OTHER WORDS FROM monarchism

mon·ar·chist, noun, adjectivemon·ar·chist·ic, adjectivean·ti·mon·ar·chism, nounan·ti·mon·ar·chist, noun, adjective

an·ti·mon·ar·chis·tic, adjectivenon·mon·ar·chist, nounnon·mon·ar·chis·tic, adjectivepro·mon·ar·chist, noun, adjective

Words nearby monarchism

monarch, monarchal, monarch butterfly, Monarchianism, monarchical, monarchism, monarchy, monarda, monas, Monash, monastery

How to use monarchism in a sentence

What do we care for Marxism or monarchism, the resurrection of Holy Russia or the Idea of the Common Fate?
This 1979 Novel Predicted Putin’s Invasion Of Crimea|Michael Weiss|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is one of the too frequent cases where, in our enlightened polity, democracy plays wantonly into the hands of monarchism.
An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett
Will history prove to me that monarchism is not and has not been from the first the bitter enemy of the people?
The Decadent|Ralph Adams Cram
Some years ago there was a struggle between republicanism and monarchism on the South African veldt.
The Iron Ration|George Abel Schreiner

I am not referring to Monarchism or to a particular dynasty.
The Russian Turmoil|Anton Ivanovich Denikin
Then you mean to say that socialism and monarchism do not negative each other?
The Decadent|Ralph Adams Cram