jacobinize
jacobinize is the alternative form of Jacobinize.
Verb capitalized: Jacobinize
Jacobinize (third-person singular simple present Jacobinizes, present participle Jacobinizing, simple past and past participle Jacobinized)
- To convert to Jacobinism; to radicalize in opposition to the government.
- Happily, France was not then Jacobinized.1796, Edmund Burke, Letter to a Noble Lord on the Attacks upon his Person
- We are threatened by a most unprincipled system of agitation—the Tories actually doing their best to Jacobinize the poor, in the hope of turning an outbreak against the whig government to their own advantage.1845, Thomas Arnold, The Edinburgh Review - Volume 47; Volume 81, page 211
Forms of jacobinize
| third-person singular present | jacobinizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | jacobinizing |
| past participle | jacobinized |
| past | jacobinized |
| third-person singular present | Jacobinizes |
| present participle | Jacobinizing |
| past participle | Jacobinized |
| past | Jacobinized |
| alternative form | jacobinize |
| alternative form | Jacobinise |
| alternative form | jacobinise |
Origin of jacobinize
From Jacobin + -ize.
Words formed from jacobinize
Questions about jacobinize
- What does jacobinize mean?
- Jacobinize means to convert to Jacobinism; to radicalize in opposition to the government.
- What is jacobinize the alternative form of?
- Jacobinize is the alternative form of Jacobinize.
- What part of speech is jacobinize?
- Jacobinize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of jacobinize?
- The past tense of jacobinize is jacobinized.
Words near jacobinize in the dictionary
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