Definitions

1. noun

A policy or system of government that advocates the return to or maintenance of a military dictatorship, typically in an authoritarian or totalitarian state.

“The opposition party criticized the government’s junkerism and called for democratic reforms.”

2. noun

A policy or system of government that advocates the return to or maintenance of a pre-World War I German aristocratic or feudal system.

“The historian argued that the politician’s junkerism was a nostalgic attempt to revive a bygone era.”