kaiserism

[ kahy-zuh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaiserism¹

First recorded in 1910–15; kaiser + -ism

Example Sentences

This regime revives the worst methods of Kaiserism and holds its protecting hand over the bourgeois and capitalists of Germany.

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Those who swore by the German Socialists affirmed that they would devour Kaiserism when it should become necessary.

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Archbishop Ireland with his group of Americans saved us from the insults of the propaganda of Kaiserism.

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We shall fight on till the ideals of Kaiserism, your worst enemy, are crushed.

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Carrying the heavy burden of Kaiserism seems no more to them than their day's work.

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