A political or social movement or ideology associated with the Marquis de Lafayette or his principles of democratic liberalism.
Derived from the name Lafayette (18th-century French military leader and statesman) plus the suffix -ism, which denotes a doctrine, system, or movement. Fayettism emerged in 19th-century political discourse.
Lafayette was so beloved across multiple continents that his name became an -ism—a mark of how influential he was in spreading ideas about freedom and democracy!
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