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'''Orangism''' is a form of royalistic loyalty to the House of [[Orange-Nassau]] of the [[Netherlands]]. Most people in the [[Netherlands]] are Orangists (only 15% of them want a [[republic]] and no significant group supports another house).

Orangism is also the name of a political current in [[Belgium]], especially in [[Flanders]] that never really wanted to be separated from the [[Netherlands]], and [[Luxembourg]]. Orangists' aim is to restore the House of [[Orange-Nassau]] on the throne of Belgium and Luxembourg, and this Orangist movement is largely inspired by the restoration of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] (see [[Whole-Netherlands]]) or the reünificationreunification of [[Flanders]] and the [[Netherlands]] (see [[Greater Netherlands]]).

The movement has a relatively significant support among certain [[Flemings|Flemish]] intellectual circles in Belgium but their effect in the Netherlands is confined to some individuals, particularly of conservative leanings.