jacobinism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror

WordNet

Jac"o*bin*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. Jacobinisme.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913