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Pétainism

Pétainism noun: the political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain.

Noun

Pétainism (uncountable)

  1. The political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain.
    • Secondly, Pétainism was identified with common sense and realism. No argument against Pétain could start from a sound basis: it was made to look absurd, and people who objected to his leadership were 'flying in the face of fact'.1985, Harry Roderick Kedward, Occupied France: collaboration and resistance, 1940-1944, Wiley-Blackwell, page 19
    • In such ways the favoured status of Pétainism within Nazi-Occupied Europe limped on until the Allied invasions of 1944.1985, Harry Roderick Kedward, Roger Austin, Vichy France and the Resistance: culture & ideology, Taylor & Francis, page 236
    Synonyms:
    Vichyism

Synonyms of Pétainism

Origin of Pétainism

After chief of state of Vichy France Philippe Pétain, + -ism.

Questions about Pétainism

What does Pétainism mean?
Pétainism means the political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain.
What part of speech is Pétainism?
Pétainism is a noun.

Words near Pétainism in the dictionary

  1. Périgord pies
  2. Périgueux
  3. Périllos
  4. pét-nat
  5. pét-nats
  6. Pétainism
  7. Pétainist
  8. Pétainists
  9. pétanque
  10. pétillant
  11. pétillant naturel

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