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Jacobinism

ja·co·bi·nism

US/ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪ.nɪ.zəm/ uncommon

noun

1.

the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror

Origin

From Jacobin + -ism, compare French jacobinisme.

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