#babeuf

• Babeuf — The surname of François-Noël Babeuf (1760–1797), also known by his pseudonym Gracchus Babeuf, a French revolutionary, journalist, and political theorist during the French Revolution. He was a radical precursor of communism and utopian socialism, organizing the 'Conspiracy of the Equals' (Conspiracy of Equals), a movement through which he advocated for the abolition of private property and the establishment of full economic equality.
• Babouvism — A radical political and social doctrine formulated during the French Revolution by François-Noël 'Gracchus' Babeuf, advocating for the abolition of private property, the establishment of a community of goods, and absolute equality among citizens through a revolutionary dictatorship. This movement is considered by historians to be an early, pre-Marxist form of utopian communism and an inspiration for 19th-century leftist insurrectionary tactics.
• Babouvist — A follower or supporter of Babouvism; a person who shares the radical social equality ideas of Gracchus Babeuf. As an adjective, the term describes a work, an insurrectionary movement, a slogan, or a philosophical conception belonging to this political movement or showing striking structural affinities with the ideals of the Conspiracy of the Equals.
• Babouvist (female) — The feminine form of babuvist; a woman who adheres to the radical-egalitarian principles of Babouvism, supporting the abolition of private property and the establishment of a community of goods. As an adjective, the term qualifies an action, a publication, a revolutionary cell, or a doctrine belonging to this ideological movement established during the French Revolution.