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Noun

1. 1
   Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government wordnet

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backwardnessbourbonismcentralismcollectivismcommunismconservatism

Antonyms

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antimonarchy

Etymology

From royal + -ism.