monarchism
Pro-king political stance
Monarchism is the belief that a country should be governed by a king or queen rather than by elected officials.
The term covers a range of positions, from support for ceremonial monarchs with limited power to advocacy for absolute rule by divine right.
His monarchism seemed quaint in the age of democracy.
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
Jacobite · Bourbon · Stuart · imperialist
God-granted ruling authority
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- royalismAdvocacy for crowned rulers
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
authoritarianism · paternalism · nationalism · imperialism · feudalism · theocracy · conservatism · reactionary
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- emperorMale ruler of empire
empress · prince · princess · duke · duchess · sovereign · regent · consort
Successive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- successionFollowing in order
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
heir · birthright · ancestry · pedigree · royal house · pretender · claimant · dynastic
Supreme independent authority
- successionFollowing in order
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- interregnumRulership gap period
- regencySubstitute monarch's authority
privy council · royal assent · proclamation · decree · edict · charter · realm · dominion
royalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
restorationist · Jacobite · Bourbon · Stuart · imperialist
divine right
God-granted ruling authority
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- royalismAdvocacy for crowned rulers
traditionalism · authoritarianism · paternalism · nationalism · imperialism · feudalism · theocracy · conservatism · reactionary
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
emperor · empress · prince · princess · duke · duchess · sovereign · regent · consort · majesty
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- successionFollowing in order
primogeniture · heir · birthright · ancestry · pedigree · royal house · pretender · claimant · dynastic · inheritance
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- successionFollowing in order
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- interregnumRulership gap period
regency · privy council · royal assent · proclamation · decree · edict · charter · realm · dominion · commonwealth
nobility
Titled ruling class
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- courtierRoyal household attendant
vassal · liege · feudalism · landed gentry · titles · baron · earl · marquess · viscount · count
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- political philosophypolitical philosophy, political theory, political thought, social contract, natural rights
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- Political Theoriesliberalism, conservatism, Marxism, socialism, fascism
- Renaissance Politicsstatecraft, political power, royal authority, divine right, absolutism
monarchismrepublicanism
Government by elected officials
anti-monarchism · democracy · popular sovereignty · anarchism · egalitarianism
- Fifth MonarchistsEnglish apocalyptic Protestant sect
- absolute monarchiesStates with all-powerful sovereigns
- constitutional monarchiesRealms with ceremonial sovereigns