JACOBINISM
Jacobinism
(noun) the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Jac"o*bin*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Jacobinisme.]
Definition: The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. J. C. Shairp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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