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Jacobin
[ jak-uh-bin ]
noun
- (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- an extreme radical, especially in politics.
- a Dominican friar.
- (lowercase) one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons having neck feathers that hang over the head like a hood.
Jacobin
/ ˈæəɪ /
noun
- a member of the most radical club founded during the French Revolution, which overthrew the Girondists in 1793 and, led by Robespierre, instituted the Reign of Terror
- a leftist or extreme political radical
- a French Dominican friar
- sometimes not capital a variety of fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers swept up over and around the head
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԾ, noun
- ˌˈԾ, adverb
- ˌˈԾ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Jacobin1
Example Sentences
Trying to gain a better perspective, I have repeatedly returned to physician Gabor Mate’s 2022 interview at Jacobin:
In that respect, argues policy analyst Matt Bruenig in Jacobin, the Harris plan falls short by by funneling public money into the for-profit housing market, offering only temporary affordability to working and middle-class Americans.
The currency was primarily supported by a political group known as the Jacobins, a party whose power waned throughout the revolution.
Robin sees darker currents in a Burke who understood Jacobin violence as implicit in every attempt at political reform.
Jacobin, a socialist magazine, noted that the Servant Foundation has donated $50m to the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organisation that is designated as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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