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Bourbonism

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Noun
  1. 1
    The principles of the supporters of the House of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism. countable, historical, uncountable

    "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."

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From Bourbon + -ism.

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