kaiserism

noun

kai·​ser·​ism -ˌrizəm 

plural -s

often capitalized

: a political system and practices existing under or symbolized by the rule of the German kaiser

that Kaiserism must be repudiated in favor of some new and more liberal political system

—F. A. Ogg & Harold Zink

the … absolute political dogmas with which Kaiserism is associated

—New Republic

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