Definition of TERRORISM : the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion — ter·ror·ist \-ər-ist\ adjective or noun — ter·ror·is·tic \ˌter-ər-ˈis-tik\ adjective See terrorism defined for English-language learners » Examples of TERRORISM They have been arrested for acts of terrorism. First Known Use of TERRORISM 1795
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The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
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The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobins of France, who ruled during the ‘Reign of Terror.’
[edit] NounWikipedia has an article on: Terrorism terrorism (usually uncountable; plural terrorisms)
1.The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda. 2.Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives. 3.A psychological strategy of war for gaining political or religious ends by deliberately creating a climate of fear among the population of a state
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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When did the word terrorism find its way into the English language?
September 11th? Lockerbee? Oklahoma City?
Give it some thought, and I'm sure you can guess the answer. As long as you're willing to stretch back a few hundred years.
The word was coined, in English, in reference to The Terror that was part of the French Revolution.
This excerpt from the January 30, 1795 edition of the London Times, reporting on the French National Convention in Paris, appears to be the First Mention of the word in English.
Duhem:--You have given proofs that the whole Convention will a Republic (Laughter--Murmurs). It can therefore never be your intention to second the foolish hopes of Aristrocracy and Royalism, which are impudently rearing their crests at our very doors, and would re-establish the Constitution of 1791.--(The whole Assembly rose, crying out Vive la Republique!)
Much later on in the transcript, one Monsieur Brzard utters the word that suddenly was part of the English language, and which occupies us so fully today.
Brzard.--"There exists more than one system to overthrow our liberty. Fanaticism has raised every passion; Royalism has not yet given up its hopes, and Terrorism feels bolder than ever."
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