[1830–40; monarch(y) + -ism; cf. F monarchisme, G Monarchismus]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: format, rococo, showcase, stroboscope, walkover
Examples of 'monarchism' in a sentence
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This is where my monarchism has, logically, taken me.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Philosophical positions ranged from sophiology to personalism; political positions from nationalism to socialism, from monarchism to republicanism.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
The test of true monarchism in a nation would be our tolerance of a really bad monarch.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In any popular contest between what he quaintly calls 'monarchist' and his own liking, 'revolution', monarchism would win hands down.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Rather than defending monarchism as a principle, they say that the monarchy pays for itself by encouraging tourism.