junkerism en · NOUN
Etymology
From junker + -ism.
Meanings
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(historical, uncountable) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Junkerism is the very opposite of democracy. The essence of junkerism is privileged land ownership; that is, the ownership of large estates not adequately taxed, and not open to change of ownership[…]
1918, Charles Fremont Taylor, Equity, volume 20:
Forms
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