US /ˌdʒækəˈbɪnɪk/ UK /ˌdʒækəˈbɪnɪk/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or characteristic of radical revolutionary politics

    His jacobinic zeal alarmed the moderate members of the assembly.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of or characteristic of... radicalrevolutionaryextremistinsurrectionaryseditious
Word family
Derived forms jacobinically
Related forms jacobinjacobinicaljacobinism

Etymology

From 'Jacobin', the radical political club of the French Revolution that met in the former convent of the Jacobins (Dominican friars) in Paris, ultimately from Latin 'Jacobus' ('James').

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