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Jacobinism
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English
Etymology
From en Jacobin -ism, compare en fr jacobinisme.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪ.nɪ.zəm/ [ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪ.nɪ.zm̩] RP,GA,CA,AU
Noun
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en historical France The principles of the Jacobins; especially the violent opposition to legitimate government.
en 1879 w:John Campbell Shairp w:Robert Burns https://archive.org/details/robertburnsshairp00shai 6 143 Macmillan London Under this new stimulus, Burns’s previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism.
Related terms
en Jacobinical
en jacobinize
References
en Politics
en eponyms