jacobino

Jacobin

adjective hah-koh-BEE-noh Rare

Origin: French jacobin, from the Jacobin Club that met at the convent of Saint-Jacques in Paris

Also means

radical

Usage Note

Jacobino refers historically to the radical French Revolutionary faction known for the Reign of Terror, and by extension to any extreme centralizing or radical political stance. Used as a noun (los jacobinos) or adjective (medidas jacobinas). In Spain it can also describe extreme centralism opposed to regional autonomy.

Examples

"El partido fue acusado de tener una visión jacobina del Estado."

Natural Translation

The party was accused of having a Jacobin vision of the state.

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