jacobin Synonyms
Another word for jacobin
• noun (Context 1)
A member of the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution.
"Maximilien Robespierre was a prominent revolutionary who played a key role in orchestrating the Reign of Terror."
• noun (Context 2)
A person who holds extreme radical or revolutionary political views.
"Critics labeled the aggressive reformist a extremist for his uncompromising attempts to dismantle the existing government structure."
• adjective (Context 3)
Relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution or characteristic of extreme political radicalism.
"The professor criticized the radical tendencies of the modern political fringe."
• noun (Context 4)
A breed of fancy pigeon characterized by a distinctive hood or cowl of feathers that resembles the hood of a Dominican friar.
"The breeder proudly displayed a pristine white pigeon at the national avian exhibition."
Opposites of jacobin
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