sansculottism
kyʊˈlɒt, -kʊ-; noun, plural sans-cu·lottes 
[sanz-kyoo-lots, -koo-; French sahn-ky-lawt] .
[sanz-kyoo-lots, -koo-; French sahn-ky-lawt] . 1.
(in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
2.
any extreme republican or revolutionary.
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| —n | |
| 1. | during the French Revolution |
| a. (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class | |
| b. (later) any revolutionary, esp one having extreme republican sympathies | |
| 2. | any revolutionary extremist |
| [C18: from French, literally: without knee breeches, because the revolutionaries wore pantaloons or trousers rather than knee breeches] | |
| sans-cu'lottism | |
| —n | |
| sans-cu'lottist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sans-culotte
"lower-class republican of the French Revolution," 1790, from Fr., lit. "without breeches;" see sans + cullotes. Usually explained as referring to the class whose distinctive costume was pantalons (long trousers) as opposed to the upper classes,
which wore culottes (knee-breeches), but this is not certain.
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