Definition of JACOBINISM (Meaning of JACOBINISM), a 10 Letter Word

Pronunciation:		'jakubi`nizum


WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror

JACOBINISM is a 10 letter word that starts with J.
	See Also:	radicalism

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Jac"obinism\, n. [Cf. F. Jacobinisme.] The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. --J. C. Shairp.