"Terror (from French terreur, from Latin terror "great fear", terrere "to frighten") is a policy of political repression and violence intended to subdue political opposition. The term was first used for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Before the late twentieth century, the term "terrorism" in the English language was often used interchangeably with "terror." Some contemporary writers[who?] use the term terrorism to refer to acts by groups with a limited political base or parties on the weaker side in asymmetric warfare and terror to refer to acts by governments and law enforcement officials, usually within the legal framework of the state. Others[who?] consider state terror to be a specific type of terrorism." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.12.2020)
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