monarchist
Favors royal rule
A monarchist supports monarchy as a form of government—rule by a king or queen rather than elected representatives.
The term appears in historical and contemporary political contexts: Monarchists hoped to restore the deposed royal family.
In countries with existing constitutional monarchies, monarchists typically advocate preserving or strengthening the crown's role.
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- kingMale crowned ruler
queen · emperor · empress · prince · princess · dynasty · regalia · coronation
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- divine rightGod-granted ruling authority
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
constitutionalism · sovereignty · restorationist · ancien régime · paternalism · hereditary rule
Faithful supporter of authority
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
defender · champion · adherent · faithful · supporter · Jacobite · Bourbon · Hapsburg
Person of noble birth
count · peerage · aristocracy · vassal · lineage · succession · primogeniture · principality
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- processionFormal moving line
jubilee · royal court · protocol · heraldry · pomp · ceremony · enthronement · anointing
royalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
king · queen · emperor · empress · prince · princess · dynasty · regalia · coronation · palace
traditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- divine rightGod-granted ruling authority
absolutism · constitutionalism · sovereignty · restorationist · ancien régime · paternalism · hereditary rule
loyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
- cavalierDismissively unconcerned
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
fealty · defender · champion · adherent · faithful · supporter · Jacobite · Bourbon · Hapsburg · Stuart
aristocrat
Person of noble birth
baron · count · peerage · aristocracy · vassal · lineage · succession · primogeniture · principality · fiefdom
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
procession · jubilee · royal court · protocol · heraldry · pomp · ceremony · enthronement · anointing · state occasion
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
- Royalistsroyalists, royalist, loyalists, kingsman, king's man
- counterrevolutionreactionary, counterinsurgency, loyalist, royalist, restorationist
- nationalistspatriot, nationalist, ultranationalist, ethnonationalist, flag waver
monarchistrepublican
Advocate against hereditary rule
anti-monarchist · democrat · egalitarian · anarchist · Jacobin
monarchistrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
republican · regicide · abolitionist · Jacobin · Bolshevik
- Fifth MonarchistsEnglish apocalyptic Protestant sect
- absolute monarchiesStates with all-powerful sovereigns
- constitutional monarchiesRealms with ceremonial sovereigns