Bourbonism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bourbonism (countable and uncountable, plural Bourbonisms)
- (historical) The principles of the supporters of the House of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
- 1909 July 16, The California Weekly, volume 1, page 530:
- Bourbonism had dominated France for a century and a half, growing daily more arrogant, grasping, unfeeling, cruel, autocratic. Bourbonism is a constant quality in human nature. It is spawned of the possession of irresponsible power.