Junkerdom

[ yoong-ker-duhm ]

noun

1. the Junkers Junkers as a group.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the condition or character of a Junker.
3. (sometimes lowercase) the spirit or policy of the Junkers; Junkers; Junkerism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Junkerdom¹

First recorded in 1865–70; Junker + -dom

Example Sentences

It serves at home and abroad the interests of Junkerdom, capitalism, and militarism.

From Project Gutenberg

The doctrines of the superman with their contempt for the weak, and of war as a "biological necessity," so dear to Junkerdom, are confessedly the affirmation that "might makes right."

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever the explanation, it must be counted a triumph for German junkerdom and a consoling token to that eminent traitor Herr Houston Chamberlain that he is not altogether without spiritual affinities in the land of his birth.

From Project Gutenberg

"War reduces us all to a common level of savagery and vulgarity," he writes to a colleague, "but at least we can shew how foolish the whole business is even from the point of view of British and German Junkerdom."

From Time Magazine Archive

The revived Feme of the Weimar Republic was dedicated to the destruction of democracy, the resurrection of Teutonism and Junkerdom.

From Time Magazine Archive