girondism
/dʒəˈrɑndɪzəm/
noun
- The political principles or policies of the Girondists, a moderate republican faction during the French Revolution.
- Her essay argued that girondism represented a failed attempt at moderate revolution.
- The historian's lecture focused on the rise and fall of girondism in revolutionary France.
- Some modern political analysts compare certain centrist movements to historical girondism.