monarchism

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Recent Examples of monarchism But for anyone outside the British elite, the constitutional monarchism that emerged after the civil wars did not look much like democracy or true liberty. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 And the Decemberists tried to overthrow the Tsar and insist on having some of the more basic aspects of representative constitutional monarchism introduced into Russia. CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022 King Charles can take strength from the inherent monarchism of the British people, which grew even stronger in the last two decades of Elizabeth’s reign. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 Yet, paradoxically, the regular waves of anti-monarchism were held at bay largely by the sheer, irrefutable fact of her continued existence. Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022 For in the dozen or so countries that make up South-East Asia, liberal democracy has long struggled in the face of authoritarianism, bolstered by monarchism, nationalism and ethnic chauvinism. The Economist, 24 May 2018 But a slave mentality remains deeply ingrained in Russian minds, along with a latent monarchism and paternalism. Nikita Petrov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017 The tsarist and Soviet styles collide; monarchism and elitism are imposed on the industrial, the everyday. Sophie Pinkham, New Republic, 3 July 2017 Now, Morocco and Jordan have toned down reformism and presented a new bottom line to their societies and the world: Ruling monarchism is here to stay. Sean Yom, Washington Post, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monarchism
Noun
  • Add to that the fact that the relationship between father and son is already somewhat strained by their different ways of seeing the monarchy, and this could present an obstacle to reconciliation for King Charles and Prince Harry that’s hard to get over.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The fates of so many were decided on the 1969 day when a dashing and sadly underestimated 25-year-old Colonel Qaddafi seized power from the monarchy in a matter of hours and promised a new golden era, inspired by Egypt’s President Nasser.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not every encounter or exchange needs to entail a lesson in semantics, or the tyranny of cultural sensitivity, or the dominance of white males in academia and everywhere else.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • After decades of tyranny, Assad’s murderous regime fell in December 2024, turning Middle East geopolitics upside down.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Brazil's democracy emerged from a brutal military dictatorship just 40 years ago.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Brazil’s violent past has yet to be fully reckoned with, but this trial marks a historic departure from impunity, said Lucas Figueiredo, the author of several books about the country’s most recent dictatorship.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025

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