Pétainism

English Etymology After chief of state of Vichy France Philippe Pétain, en ism. Noun - The political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain. en 1985 Harry Roderick Kedward Occupied France: collaboration and resistance, 1940-1944 Wiley-Blackwell 19 Secondly, Pétainism was identified with common sense and realism. No argument against Pétain could start from a sound basis: it was made to look absurd, and people who objected to his leadership were 'flying in the face of fact'. en 1985 Harry Roderick Kedward; Roger Austin Vichy France and the Resistance: culture & ideology 236 Taylor & Francis In such ways the favoured status of Pétainism within Nazi-Occupied Europe limped on until the Allied invasions of 1944. en 2006 Richard Vinen The unfree French: life under the occupation Allen Lane 209 Giraud's escape from the Koenigstein prison camp did not mark a break with Pétainism; on the contrary, it was helped by elements of the Vichy intelligence service. Synonyms en Vichyism Related terms en Pétainist Translations ideology French: fr pétainisme m Anagrams en aeiimnpst Pimientas impatiens en eponyms en Fascism