Napoleonism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Support for the dynasty of the Napoleons. uncountable
"And when France was reduced to her proper proportions, when Napoléonism with its repressions passed, there was left upon France and upon Europe a deathless mark. […] There was the reaction against the first Emperor, and then, as always happens, when the memory of the reverse side of glory has been obliterated by the passage of a generation or two, there was a revival of Napoléonism."
Example
More examples"And when France was reduced to her proper proportions, when Napoléonism with its repressions passed, there was left upon France and upon Europe a deathless mark. […] There was the reaction against the first Emperor, and then, as always happens, when the memory of the reverse side of glory has been obliterated by the passage of a generation or two, there was a revival of Napoléonism."
Etymology
From Napoleon + -ism.
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