sans-culottism
- a word derived from sans-culotte.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 Francke, Kuno
The horse business was certainly in the best vein of sans-culottism.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael
Here is no "withering scorn," no heart "blighted" ere it has safely got into its teens, none of the drawing-room sans-culottism which Byron had brought into vogue.
From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell
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 Canby, Henry Seidel
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 Morley, John
