monarchism
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- noun
- /ˈmɒnərkɪzəm/
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monarquismo
- Advocates of monarchism argue that a royal family can unite the nation and serve as a symbol of national identity.
- naive monarchism
Examples
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The debate over monarchism highlights the differences between those who prefer hereditary leadership and those who advocate for democratic reforms.
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Due to a tradition of close association with established authority, there developed in Protestant pastors a strong sense of nationalism, a mistrust of Social Democrats, an often irrational fear of communism, and support for Monarchism, all founded on an essential conservatism.
Academic text (1996) -
Since the purest form of "right wing" ideology is monarchism, and no one likes to run an economy like a monarch.
Blog text (17) -
Naive Monarchism
Academic text (2010) -
Fascism has nothing to do with conservatism, classical liberalism, or monarchism.
Blog text (28) -
To understand the dynamics of observation at this level, consider three major themes of the mythology: naive monarchism, the suicidal elite, and strategic coercion.
Academic text (2010) -
To the Republicans he was tainted with monarchy or monarchism, and to the monarchists he was a dangerous skeptic and freethinker.
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If the natural political expression of the Catholic ethos was monarchism, and the natural political expression of the Protestant ethos was democracy, then the natural political expression of the New Age ethos is free-market anarchism.
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Many citizens support monarchism as a stable form of government that provides continuity and tradition.
Synonyms
Support for a king or queen as the country's ruler
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word monarchism comes from monarch, which breaks into Greek parts mono- meaning 'one' and -arch meaning 'ruler'. So, monarchism is the belief that a single ruler or royal family should be the head of a country.