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JACOBINISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Jacobinism" is a kind of...):
radicalism (the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society)