Francoism
Proper noun
Meaning
Francoism
(historical) The period of history in Spain under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, from 1936/1939 to 1975.
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Examples
All of this Franco achieved on the basis of a military victory underwritten by Hitler; the Nazis’ ferocious dream of irreversible hierarchy lived on in Francoism.
Francoism professed a devotion to the traditional role of a woman in society, that is loving child to her parents and brothers, faithful to her husband, residing with her family.