- adherence to the ideas and system of government practiced by the Bourbons.
- extreme conservatism, especially in politics.
- support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 and 1815–48, and in Spain (1700–1808; 1813–1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734–1806; 1815–1860)
- extreme political and social conservatism
