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Bourbonism

(ˈbʊəbəˌnɪzəm)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries

2. (Historical Terms) US extreme political and social conservatism

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Bour•bon•ism

(ˈbʊər bəˌnɪz əm or, occas., ˈbɜr-)

n.

1. adherence to the social and political practices of the Bourbons.

2. extreme conservatism, esp. in politics.

[1875–80, Amer.]

Bourbonism

1. an adherence to the ideas and system of government developed by the Bourbons.
2. an extreme conservatism, especially in politics. — Bourbonist, n. — Bourbonian, Bourbonic, adj.

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(3) Woods (2009) outlines a contemporary history of the city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana through what he calls the "restoration of Bourbonism", and revitalization of its institutions.

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See Allen Moger, Virginia: Bourbonism To Byrd 1870-1925 (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1968), pp.

"Sheep without a Shepherd": The New Deal Faction in the Virginia Democratic Party

After 1803 the emigre journals refused to acknowledge the permanence of changes inside France and yet avoided all discussion concerning the nature of Bourbonism and a restored Bourbon regime.

The cultural politics of exile: French emigre literary journalism in London, 1793-1814

DuBose, "A Historian's Tribute to Thomas Goode Jones," Alabama Lawyer 14 (1953): 46-68; Carolyn Huggins, "Bourbonism and Radicalism in Alabama: The Gubernatorial Administration of Thomas Goode Jones, 1890-1894" (master's thesis, Auburn University, 1968); Paul Gaston, The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking (New York, 1970).