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Bismarckian, a.|bɪzˈmɑːkɪən| [f. prec.: see -ian.] Of, designating, or typical of Bismarck or his policy.
1878H. J. Coleridge in Month XIII. 263 The principles of State persecution—principles which have been repudiated by the civilization of modern Europe, even though the new Bismarckian phase of that civilization seems to tend to their re-adoption. 1901G. B. Shaw Three Plays for Puritans p. xx, The strong-minded Bismarckian man of action. 1914Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Jan. 78/1 Germany's policy is the Bismarckian policy of ‘blood and iron’. Also Bisˈmarckianism; ˈBismarckism.
1870Fortn. Rev. 1 Dec. 640 To substitute Bismarckism for Napoleonism would be a very small gain to civilisation. 1889Voice (N.Y.) Feb. 7 The general expression of the public loss..may serve to check a too rampant Bismarckianism. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 122/1 Commercial and territorial expansion—Bismarckism in Germany, Imperialism in England. 1954A. J. P. Taylor Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 xx. 467 It was Bismarckianism run mad for Kiderlen to suppose that Caillaux would find it easier to compromise if he was first threatened. |