'Jacobinism' definitions:
Definition of 'Jacobinism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror
Definition of 'Jacobinism'
From: GCIDE
- Jacobinism \Jac"o*bin*ism\, 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]