Jacobinism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪ.nɪ.zəm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪ.nɪ.zm̩] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Jacobin + -ism, compare French jacobinisme.
Meanings
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(France, countable, historical, uncountable) The principles of the Jacobins; especially the violent opposition to legitimate government.
Under this new stimulus, Burns’s previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism.
1879, John Campbell Shairp, chapter 6, in Robert Burns, London: Macmillan, page 143:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobinisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |