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
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
And pity Tom’s Jacobins, which must impress Drew Lobenstein in a crowded field of 126.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2019
Gustavus now aimed at forming a league of princes against the Jacobins, and every other consideration was subordinated thereto.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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