Gaullist
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- noun
- Apart from a few discordant voices, this foundation supported the Gaullist myth of a people united against the German forces and Vichyist collaborators.
Examples
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The ratification of the Treaty was surprisingly rejected in August 1954 by the French National Assembly, based on an ad-hoc coalition of the Gaullist and communist forces in order to oppose Germany's rearmament.
Academic text (2018) -
One brother, Gustave, was in England with the Gaullists, relatively safe but in exile.
Academic text (2006) -
Matters were not helped by factionalism within the Gaullist camp itself.
Academic text (1998) -
Some Gaullist stiff-necked "arrogance" would have been good for European liberty.
Academic text (1992) -
Instead, France has clung to Gaullist orthodoxy, trying to sustain the same policies when circumstances no longer permit.
Academic text (1991) -
Hollande and his government will act like socialists at home and Gaullists abroad.
Blog text (25) -
De Gaulle's refusal of the armistice was the decision from which the whole Gaullist epic sprang.
Academic text (1992) -
Though the constitution does specify a strong, Gaullist-style presidency, it guarantees individual rights and accords citizens the right to freely associate in political parties.
Academic text (1994) -
Networks of resistants, socialists, communists, and Gaullists (some with their underground newspapers, Front National and Franc-Tireur) fought back.
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The Gaullist party has a strong influence on current French politics.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gaullist comes from the French leader de Gaulle plus the ending -ist, like in artist or pianist, which means 'a person who supports or follows'. So a Gaullist is someone who supports de Gaulle's policies and ideas.