sans-culotte
noun
(in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
sans-culottism
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a word derived from
sans-culotte.
Example Sentences
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We wish to know if a cultural, a literary sans-culottism is possible, except with chaos as a goal.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
If you adopt this truth in its false, perverted form, then, at certain times, this will produce the most terrible devastation, as was the case in the period of sans-culottism.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Kuno Francke
In close proximity to these cheap plates, dedicated to the Phrygian cap and sans-culottism, are the very choicest specimens of Nevers faïence of priceless value.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards
Robespierre assailed the cosmopolitan for being a German baron, for having four thousand pounds a year, and for striking his sans-culottism some notes higher than the regular pitch.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley
Ernest laughed heartily at this vehement and uncompromising sans-culottism.
From Philistia by Grant Allen
