sans-culottic

/ˌsɒ̃ŋkjuːˈlɒtɪk/

adjective

Relating to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.

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Meanings

adjectivesans-culottic (comparative more sans-culottic, superlative most sans-culottic)

comparative more sans-culottic · superlative most sans-culottic

  1. Relating to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.

    Falling Bastilles, Insurrections of Women, thousands of smoking Manorhouses, a country bristling with no crop but that of Sansculottic steel[.]

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter II, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 12

Origin

From sans-culotte + -ic.

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Translations

Swedish sansculottistisk, sanskulottisk
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APA

sans-culottic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans-culottic

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“sans-culottic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans-culottic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sans-culottic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans-culottic.

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