jacobin
/ˈdʒækəbɪn/
noun
- A member of a radical political group during the French Revolution that wanted extreme change and equality.
- Many Jacobins believed that violence was necessary to achieve their goals.
- Historians still debate whether the Jacobins helped or hurt the revolution.
- The Jacobins played a key role in the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
- A person who supports extreme political change or revolution.
- He was known as a Jacobin in his youth, always pushing for drastic social change.
- The newspaper called the protest leader a modern-day Jacobin for his radical ideas.
- Some critics labeled the reformers as Jacobins because they wanted to overthrow the government.
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- Relating to the Jacobins or their radical political beliefs.
- Her Jacobin views made her unpopular with the conservative members of the council.
- The Jacobin leaders demanded a complete restructuring of society.
- The book examines Jacobin ideology and its impact on modern politics.