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Bonapartism Definition

Bo·na·part·ism (bō′nə pärt′iz′əm)

noun

  1. support of the Bonaparte dynasty in France
  2. the methods, doctrines, etc. of any military-political dictator like Napoleon Bonaparte

Bonapartism Related Forms
Bo′·na·part′·ist noun
Bonapartism Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • epoch: The regime of the senile Marshal Petain represents a senile form of Bonapartism of the epoch of imperialist decline.

Adjective modifier

  • proletarian: Despite its earlier successes, proletarian Bonapartism did not solve the problems of society.
  • bourgeois: A regime of bourgeois Bonapartism in Russia or Poland would not be a stable regime.
  • Soviet: What else should this regime be called if not Soviet Bonapartism?
  • Stalinist: The fate of the USSR as a socialist state depends upon that political regime that will arise to replace Stalinist Bonapartism.