Maurras

/ mora /

noun

1. MaurrasCharles18681952MFrenchWRITING: writerPOLITICS: political theorist Charles (ʃarl). 1868–1952, French writer and political theorist, who founded (1899) the extreme right-wing group L'Action Français: sentenced (1945) to life imprisonment for supporting Pétain during World War II

Example Sentences

Such thinkers had a heyday a century ago, in the European wreckage of World War I: Julius Evola, the mad monk of Italian fascism; Charles Maurras, the reactionary French nationalist; Charles Coughlin, the American radio ranter; and even the author of a German book called “Mein Kampf.”

From Washington Post

Here he refers to the early 20th Century anti-liberal and anti-Semitic writer Charles Maurras.

From BBC

Influenced by his stepfather, young Daniel took to absorbing the works of French writer and political theorist Charles Maurras, an extreme right-wing nationalist, royalist and open anti-Semite who became an early political hero to him.

From Washington Post

Last year, the French government formally withdrew an edition of commemorative books that included Charles Maurras, an anti-Semitic writer who was twice convicted of inciting violence against Jewish politicians.

From Washington Post

France’s first Jewish prime minister, Léon Blum, nearly died of injuries he suffered in a brutal attack by Maurras’s allies.

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