| Jacobinism |
| jacobinism | (n) the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror |
| Jacobinism | n. [ Cf. F. Jacobinisme. ] The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. [ 1913 Webster ] Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ] |
