carlism · noun — A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne.
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Etymology
From Carlos (“Infante Carlos, Count of Molina”) + -ism.
noun
- A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne.
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Words closest in meaning
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- carlist 71% match — Pertaining to Carlism vs carlism →
- bourbonism 59% match — The principles of the supporters of the House of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism. vs carlism →
- cantonalism 53% match — A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons. vs carlism →
- castilianism 53% match — Hispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language. vs carlism →
- cisalpinism 52% match — A movement in the late 18th century among English Roman Catholics aimed at achieving Catholic emancipation by asserting that loyalty to the British Crown was compatible with fidelity to the pope. vs carlism →
- bourbonian 52% match — Of or relating to the Bourbon dynasty of Europe. vs carlism →
- bourbonist 52% match — Of or pertaining to Bourbonism vs carlism →
- royalism 51% match — Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism. vs carlism →