Babouvism

noun

Ba·​bou·​vism

bəˈbüˌvizəm,

bä-

plural -s

: a social and political doctrine or movement advocating a program of egalitarianism and communism especially as formulated by Babeuf

Word History

Etymology

French babouvisme, from François Émile Babeuf or Babœuf †1797 French revolutionary + French -isme -ism

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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