Jacobins
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In general, a member of an extremist or radical group is often called a “Jacobin.”
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These aspiring Jacobins, in other words, wanted to silence an advocate of campus free speech—thereby proving his point.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The currency was primarily supported by a political group known as the Jacobins, a party whose power waned throughout the revolution.
From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023
The Jacobins sought to end the reign of King Louis XVI and establish a republic to replace the French monarchy.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
With France’s increasing radicalism, anticlericalism, and disorder, it seemed obvious to Morse that the French Jacobins, the political faction that seized control of the nation in 1792, were simply Illuminati by another name.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2022
The meditation over all these circumstances fully occupied the time till his arrival in Paris; and dismounting at his own house, he took his way alone and on foot towards the Rue des Jacobins.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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