ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_bə̇ˌnizəm noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: French jacobinisme, from jacobin + -isme -ism
: the principles and practice of the Jacobins:
a. : the egalitarianism and terrorism of the Jacobins of the French Revolution of 1789
b. : any violent or revolutionary political extremism
Jacobinism … means in practice government by a rabble — G.H.Sabine