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† zabernism Obs.|ˈzæbənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Zabern, German name of the village of Saverne in Alsace + -ism.]
The misuse of military power or authority; bullying, aggression (see quot. 1921). Also ˈzabernize v. intr.
1914Daily News & Leader 6 Apr. 1/7 A quaint illustration of an attempt to ‘zabernise’ in business life..is published..to-night. 1916[see rounding vbl. n.1 1 a]. 1918Nineteenth Cent. Dec. 992 The acquisitive commercialists and financiers of Germany—the Zabernism of industry and l.s.d.—were up to the eyes in it [sc. the war]. 1918H. G. Wells In Fourth Year iii. 36 Both countries have been slaves to Kruppism and Zabernism. 1920Glasgow Herald 7 Apr. 8 The advance of the Government troops into the Ruhr district, coupled with a marked exhibition of ‘Zabernism’, has stiffened the Spartacist resistance. 1921E. Weekley Etym. Dict. Mod. Eng. 1658/2 Zabernism (hist.), military jackbootery. From an incident at Saverne (Ger. Zabern) in Alsace (1912), when an excited Ger. subaltern cut down a lame cobbler who smiled at him. |