Meanings
- uncountableThe practices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte.
- uncountableA populist alliance between the bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat characterized by strong leadership and conservative nationalism.
1 more example
[Dylan] Riley finds a more apt analogy in Bonapartism, iconically described by Marx in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. Where Trump casts himself as the champion of the victims of globalization, Louis Napoleon relied on the largely passive support of impoverished peasants, not a collective but “formed by the simple addition of isomorphous magnitudes, much as potatoes in a sack form a sack of potatoes.”
2026, Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences, Verso
Origin
Translations
Arabic بونابرتية
- بونابرتيةpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Basque bonapartismo
- bonapartismopratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Bulgarian бонапартизъм
- бонапартизъм (bonapartizăm)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Catalan bonapartisme
- bonapartismepratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Chinese Mandarin 波拿巴主義 /波拿巴主义
- 波拿巴主義 /波拿巴主义 (Bōnábā zhǔyì)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Czech bonapartizmus, bonapartismus
- bonapartizmuspratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
- bonapartismuspratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Dutch bonapartisme
- bonapartismepratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Esperanto bonapartismo
- bonapartismopratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Finnish bonapartismi
- bonapartismipratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
French bonapartisme
- bonapartismepratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
German Bonapartismus, Napoleonismus
- Bonapartismuspratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleonismuspratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Greek βοναπαρτισμός
- βοναπαρτισμός (vonapartismós)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Hungarian bonapartizmus
- bonapartizmuspratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Italian bonapartismo
- bonapartismopratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Japanese ボナパルティズム
- ボナパルティズム (bonaparutizumu)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Korean 보나파르트주의
- 보나파르트주의 (bonapareuteujuui)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Persian بناپارتیسم
- بناپارتیسمpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Polish bonapartyzm
- bonapartyzmpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Portuguese bonapartismo
- bonapartismopratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Romanian bonapartism
- bonapartismpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Russian бонапарти́зм
- бонапарти́зм (bonapartízm)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Spanish bonapartismo
- bonapartismopratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Swedish bonapartism
- bonapartismpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Tamil போனபார்த்தியம்
- போனபார்த்தியம் (pōṉapārttiyam)pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Turkish bonapartizm
- bonapartizmpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Vietnamese chính thể Bô-na-pac, chủ nghĩa Bô-na-pac
- chính thể Bô-na-pacpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
- chủ nghĩa Bô-na-pacpratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte
Cite this entry
Bonapartism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bonapartism
“Bonapartism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bonapartism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bonapartism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bonapartism.
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