Napoleonic
Bonaparte era style
Napoleonic describes things relating to Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military leader who rose to emperor and dominated European politics from 1799 until his defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
The word often characterizes the era itself, its wars, or its distinctive style: Napoleonic warfare, Napoleonic code.
Extended uses describe ambitions or strategies that are grandiose, authoritarian, or characterized by bold military-style conquest: His napoleonic management style alienated the entire department.
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- sovereignSupreme in power
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- reignSovereign's time in power
throne · imperial · crown · Josephine · consul · autocrat · legitimacy · abdication
Tuscan archipelago's largest island
- Saint HelenaRemote British overseas territory
- banishmentForced removal from place
- captivityState of being confined
- confinementState of being restricted
isolation · detention · seclusion · deportation · abdication · Longwood · remote · solitude
Decisive Napoleonic victory site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
flanking · artillery · cavalry · infantry · corps · division · brigade · siege
Violent governmental overthrow
- republicState with elected leaders
- Jacobin1790s French extremist
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- BastilleParis fortress-prison
Robespierre · Thermidor · coup · liberté · Ancien Régime · Louis XVI · Enlightenment · bourgeoisie
Formal rules title
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- reformImprove by correcting faults
legislation · inheritance · property · secularism · meritocracy · centralization · administration · prefect
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
reign · throne · imperial · crown · Josephine · consul · autocrat · legitimacy · abdication · succession
Elba
Tuscan archipelago's largest island
- Saint HelenaRemote British overseas territory
- banishmentForced removal from place
- captivityState of being confined
confinement · isolation · detention · seclusion · deportation · abdication · Longwood · remote · solitude · retreat
Austerlitz
Decisive Napoleonic victory site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
maneuver · flanking · artillery · cavalry · infantry · corps · division · brigade · siege · logistics
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- republicState with elected leaders
- Jacobin1790s French extremist
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
Bastille · Robespierre · Thermidor · coup · liberté · Ancien Régime · Louis XVI · Enlightenment · bourgeoisie · Marat
Code
Formal rules title
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
reform · legislation · inheritance · property · secularism · meritocracy · centralization · administration · prefect · concordat
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- Historical AllusionsTrojan horse, Achilles heel, Pyrrhic victory, crossing the Rubicon, Pandora's box
- historical romanceVictorian romance, medieval romance, period drama, love stories, romantic plots
Napoleonicdemocratic
Government by the people
decentralized · republican · constitutional · parliamentary · federalist
Napoleonicpacifist
Anti-violence believer
defensive · isolationist · peaceable · demilitarized · neutral
Napoleonichumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-effacing · unambitious · meek · retiring
- Napoleon BonaparteFrench military dictator
- Napoleon complexOvercompensation for small stature
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Napoleon IFrench emperor, early 1800s
- Napoleonic WarsBonaparte's military campaigns
- Napoleonic eraFrench emperor's reign period