Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bourbonism

Bourbonism \Bour"bon*ism\, n. The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Wikipedia
Bourbonism

Bourbonism has multiple meanings. The earliest meaning is any extreme form of political conservatism. It can also refer to tourism focused on Bourbon whiskey production. Specifically, Bourbonism may refer to any of the following:

  • A word combining Bourbon whiskey and tourism
  • Supporters of the royal House of Bourbon
    • Ultra-royalist - supporters of the Bourbon Restoration
    • Legitimists - adherents of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty
    • Orléanist - adherents of the Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon
    • Neo-Bourbonism - nostalgia for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Usage examples of "bourbonism".

The illusion of Bourbonism was at that moment, so far as surface appearances went, practically untouched.

They were intelligent and patriotic Frenchmen, full of the teaching of Voltaire, and Rousseau, and Montesquieu, convinced by their eyes as well as by their intellect that Bourbonism must be reformed for its own sake, for the sake of France, and for the sake of humanity.

While such scenes were being enacted in Paris, and while all through France the large class of poor and criminals created by Bourbonism was committing even worse excesses, the assembly was addressing itself to the task of regenerating France by endowing her with a constitution.