jacobinism
IPA: dʒˈækʌbɪnɪzʌm
Root Word: Jacobinism
noun
- The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.
Examples of "jacobinism" in Sentences
- Bart, when he is not spouting nonsensical theories about revolutionary evangelical conservatism (and the evil counter-revolutionary liberals) that have more in common with Robespierre, jacobinism and The Terror of the French Revolution, subscribes to the distorted misperception of Clausewitzian total war and it was Clausewitz who said war is a continuation of politics by other means.