JACOBINISM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Jacobinism" is a kind of...):

radicalism (the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society)

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