antinobilism

English

Alternative forms

• anti-nobilism

Etymology

From anti- + Latin nōbilis -ism.

Noun

antinobilism (uncountable)

1. Opposition to the nobility.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 325:

     Nor was Beaumarchais himself an obvious proponent of rank anti-nobilism: for he himself was a noble.

   • 2008, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, page 159:

     Patrice Higonnet considers this the height of antinobilism during the French Revolution because it combined with the persecution of emigres by the military commissions created on 19 fructidor V.