royalism
Support for kings
Royalism is support for monarchy as a form of government, or loyalty to a particular royal house or claimant.
A royalist believes sovereign power should rest with a king or queen rather than elected representatives.
The term often appears in historical contexts—English Civil War royalists backed Charles I against Parliament—but remains current wherever monarchies persist or restoration movements exist.
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
palace · kingdom · realm · sovereignty · majesty · regent · scepter · succession
Rule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
heraldry · peerage · gentry · chivalry · pageantry · courtier · ceremony · protocol
Loyalty owed to authority
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
homage · adherence · duty · veneration · reverence · oath · cavalier · monarchist
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- ToryismBritish right-wing doctrine
counterrevolution · establishment · hierarchy · order · stability · continuity · loyalist
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- unityWholeness through cohesion
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
coronation · palace · kingdom · realm · sovereignty · majesty · regent · scepter · succession · restoration
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
genealogy · heraldry · peerage · gentry · chivalry · pageantry · courtier · ceremony · protocol · pomp
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
steadfastness · homage · adherence · duty · veneration · reverence · oath · cavalier · monarchist · defender
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
Toryism · counterrevolution · establishment · hierarchy · order · stability · continuity · loyalist
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- 1830s Franceconstitutional monarchy, Bourbon Restoration, tricolor flag, tricolor, barricades
- French SymbolsMarianne, tricolor, La Marseillaise, fleur-de-lis, French flag
royalismrepublicanism
Government by elected officials
anti-monarchism · parliamentarianism · democracy · populism · constitutionalism
royalismpopular sovereignty
Populace holds ultimate authority
republicanism · regicide · self-determination · consent of the governed · Bolshevism