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TERROR is THE ERROR of the Human way

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Oct 21, 2023
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The History of the Word 'Terrorism'

Noah Webster first entered the term in 1840

The words terrorism and terrorist came to English as translations of words used in French during the period known as the Reign of Terror (1793-94), when the new government punished—usually by death—those people thought to be against the ongoing French Revolution. It was a grue…

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