Prussianism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Prussianism
Example Sentences
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Prussianism in action was "the militant church," and those who sought to crush it attacked "the fundamental values and virtues of every monastic order in the world."
From Time Magazine Archive
As West Germany's Minister of Defense, beefy, hard-driving Franz Josef Strauss has been a vigorous foe of Prussianism.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a time they watched with admiration the new Prussianism of Adolf Hitler.
From Time Magazine Archive
One German, and one only, was in the room: Ludwig van Beethoven, who hated Prussianism and wrote the music.
From Time Magazine Archive
A biting indictment of Prussianism and an analysis of the meaning of the war to America.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
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