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Saint-Simonianism

British  
/ səntˈsaɪmənɪzəm, səntsɪˈməʊnɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. the socialist system advocated by the Comte de Saint-Simon

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  • Saint-Simonian noun

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Saint-Simonianism preserved for a time the old tradition.

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He hated concerts, and compared himself to a conjurer or a clever trick poodle; he took up with the Revolution of 1830; Saint-Simonianism enmeshed him; later he fell under the spell of the Abbé Lamennais.

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He was a most thorough believer in class and class distinction and said that he hoped to see the day when the world would be ruled by an upper class who would see that the lower classes had all that was good for them, but would not be allowed to turn the world upside down with their clumsy illogical reforms and new religions, Saint-Simonianism, humanitarianism, or as a matter of fact with any of the old established isms.

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