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  Terrorism , the calculated use of   violence   to create a general climate of fear in a   population   and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. Terrorism has been practiced by political organizations with both rightist and leftist objectives, by nationalistic and religious groups, by revolutionaries, and even by state institutions such as armies, intelligence services, and police. Definitions of terrorism Louis XVI: execution by guillotine The execution of Louis XVI in 1793. Definitions of terrorism are usually complex and controversial, and, because of the  inherent  ferocity and violence of terrorism, the term in its popular usage has developed an intense stigma. It was first coined in the 1790s to refer to the terror used during the  French Revolution  by the revolutionaries against their opponents. The  Jacobin  party of  Maximilien Robespierre  carried out a  Reign of Terror  involving mass executions by the  guillotine . Although terrorism in this usage impl

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