Gobinism, also known as Gobineauism, was an academic, political and social movement formed in 19th-century Germany based on the works of French aristocrat Arthur de Gobineau.[1] An ethnically pro-Germanic while anti-national ideology, particularly against the French nation;[2] the movement had influenced German nationalists and intellectuals such as Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche.[3] Historians have described Gobinism as becoming cult-like by the end of the nineteenth century, with powerful and influential followers, specifically in the Pan-Germanism movement.[4][5]