The story
From Saint-Simon + -ian + -ism. Inspired by the ideas of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760–1825).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Simonianism
Today it means: A 19th-century French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, based on a perception that industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society. Full definition →