pahlavismEtymologyFrom Classical Persian پَهْلَو (pahlaw) [the root of Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/pahlaw/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /Parθavaʰ/)] + -ism.pahlavism means An Iranian nationalist ideology centered on the rule and legacy of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979). Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.nounAn Iranian nationalist ideology centered on the rule and legacy of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979).“Certainly, the attempts by the Shah to generate intermediate institutions of legitimation in the post-1960 period were a failure; the Majlis and the parties in it were phantoms, and neither Pahlavism, as a national ideology stressing the pre-Islamic past, nor authoritarian concepts of farmandari or 'commandism' were widely accepted.”