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counterrevolution

[koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn]

noun

  1. a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.

  2. a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of counterrevolution1

1785–95; counter- + revolution, as translation of French DzԳٰ-éDZܳپDz
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“He’s the product of a really long counterrevolution” that involved future-oriented system 4 direction and was guided by a clearly articulated system 5 conservative identity.

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The America-haters rightly fear that he and his party are on the threshold of a successful counterrevolution.

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When Leo arrived at Cornell University as an undergraduate in the fall of 1983, a counterrevolution in the legal world was gaining momentum.

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The rest of the movie is about the Barbies deploying their political organizing skills and the Kens’ underdeveloped sense of self-awareness to successfully stage a counterrevolution and get their Dreamhouses back.

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The historic 1919 Seattle general strike was partially ignited by longshore workers refusing to load a cargo of rifles intended to arm the czarist counterrevolution.

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