Babouvismn.
/bəˈbuːvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌbɑˈbuvɪzəm/ Politics.
The beliefs of François Noël Babeuf or his followers; the Babouvist movement. See Babouvist n.
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1848 Prospective Rev. 4 377 The doctrines of his sect, which, under the name of Babouvism, excited the terror of the Bourgeoisie, and discredited the cause of republicanism among all respectable citizens.
1883 R. T. Ely French & German Socialism in Mod. Times ii. 34 Babouism, as Babœf's [sic] system was called, was thus enabled to play a role in French history from 1830 to 1839, when a premature rising of the laborers was easily suppressed.
1901 J. B. Peixotto French Revol. & Mod. French Socialism iv. 202 The ideal of social uniformity is a fundamental note of Babouvism.
1947 D. Thomson Babeuf Plot Pref. p. x The mystique of Babouvism has played a considerable but much neglected part in French political life.
2002 A. Goldhammer tr. P. L. R. Higonnet Paris iii. 57 For some historians,..Babouvism was of no significance whatsoever.
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