Bonapartism
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- noun
- /ˌboʊnəˈpɑːrtɪzəm/
- Formal
- During times of instability, Bonapartism often emerges when citizens demand decisive leadership from those in authority.
Examples
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Napoline is forbidden to make any humiliating displays of Bonapartism that could dishonor the family name (OC 1: 196).
Academic text (2000) -
His repeated pledges to defer to the wishes of the officer corps with regard to whether to end the Afghanistan war suggest a certain amount of Bonapartism, where the business classes bring in the generals to make key decisions.
Blog text (16) -
It doesn't matter which one was a just, but he he builds upon strong support for a Bonapartism in that part of, of, of France.
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The net result tends to be democracies with weak parties and institutions that are vulnerable to a new authoritarian wave or civilian Bonapartism.
Academic text (1997) -
Bernard, I'm surprised no one here has used the term "Bonapartism" to describe what Petraeus was up to: "a government that forms when class rule is not secure and a military, police, and state bureaucracy intervenes to establish order."
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For more than a century, Washington remained the supreme symbol of political virtue among such leaders as Simon Bolivar, Jose Marti, and others who did not want to see their own revolutions deviate from the promises of freedom and end up with some form of Bonapartism.
Academic text (1996) -
Governing is often overshadowed by constant electoral activity, in which public opinion polls generate a new Bonapartism sustained by técnicos and intellectuals and based on academic, political, and business foundations.
Academic text (1997) -
The political landscape led to a rise of Bonapartism, as leaders sought strong authoritarian control to address the crisis.
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Many historians argue that the government exhibited Bonapartism by consolidating power under a single strong leader, reminiscent of Napoleon's reign.
Synonyms
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A form of government where one leader has almost complete power without legal limits
How Authoritarian
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bonapartism comes from the name Bonaparte, Napoleon the French leader, plus the ending -ism, which means 'belief' or 'movement', like in socialism. So Bonapartism means support for a strong, often strict leader in the style of Napoleon.