Boulangism

[ boo-lan-jiz-uhm ]

noun

1. the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.

Other Words From

• Bou·langist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boulangism¹

1885–90; < French boulangisme. See G. E. J. M. Boulanger, -ism

Example Sentences

The unpopularity of the Tongking expedition was one of the causes of the popularity of General Boulanger, who diverted the French public from distant enterprises to a contemplation of the German frontier, and when Boulangism came to an end the Panama affair took its place in the interest it excited.

From Project Gutenberg

As General Boulanger had been invented by the Radicals it was thought that a Radical cabinet might be a remedy to cope with him, so M. Floquet became president of the council in April 1888, M. de Freycinet taking the portfolio of war, Boulangism. which he retained through many ministries.

From Project Gutenberg

The flight of General Boulanger was the death of Boulangism.

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A period of calm succeeded the storm of Boulangism, and for the first time under the Third Republic parliament set to work to produce legislation useful for the state, without rousing party passion, as in its other period of activity when the Ferry education laws were passed.

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"Boulangism" offered not politics but panaceas.

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