neo-Gaullistn.adj.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈɡəʊlɪst/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈɡɔləst/, /ˌnioʊˈɡɑləst/ French Politics.
A. n.
A latter-day supporter of Gaullist principles and policies.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > policies of specific politician or support of > supporters of
Robespierrist1800
Dantonist1849
Blanquist1879
Boulangist1889
Pétainist1940
pétainiste1946
Gaullist1952
neo-Gaullist1955
1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself i. 141 The only chance of securing these [votes] was in the border-zone between the old Radicals and the determined neo-Gaullists.
1958 Spectator 30 May 677/1 All the neo-Gaullists who have been utilised by M. Soustelle to create the situation in which the General [sc. de Gaulle] is invited to act as supreme arbitrator.
1987 A. B. Anderson in J. A. Sigler Internat. Handbk. Race 110 Neo-Gaullists campaigned with the National Front under the slogan..‘France for the French!’
1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 29/1 The neo-Gaullists led by Chirac are already making it clear that they will support Mitterrand.
B. adj.
Supporting or reviving Gaullist principles and policies.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific principles
Jacobinic1793
Jacobinical1793
Jacobin1795
anti-Jacobin1809
Orleanist1845
neo-Gaullist1956
1956 A. Werth France 1940–1955 iv. ii. 401 M. Aron who, in his neo-Gaullist ardour, was prepared.., more or less, to outlaw the French Communists.
1978 S. Hoffmann Primacy vi. 256 One does not, as a superpower, pursue ‘stable structures of peace’ in a style that could be called neo-Gaullist or the aggressive defense of self-interest.
1985 Polit. Sci. Q. 100 416 The three main non-Communist French political formations: the Socialist Party, the neo-Gaullist Rassemblement pour la république (RPR), and the centrist Union pur la démocratie française (UDF).
1992 Economist 12 Sept. 46/2 His chief opponent.., the 49-year-old neo-Gaullist ex-minister.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1955