a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
2.
(esp in France) support for the government or dynasty of Napoleon Bonaparte
Derived forms
Bonapartist (ˈBonaˌpartist)
noun
Bonapartism in American English
(ˈboʊnəˌpɑrtˌɪzəm)
noun
1.
support of the Bonaparte dynasty in France
2.
the methods, doctrines, etc. of any military-political dictator like Napoleon Bonaparte