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counterrevolution
[koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn]
noun
a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.
a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.
Word History and Origins
Origin of counterrevolution1
Example Sentences
“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.
The America-haters rightly fear that he and his party are on the threshold of a successful counterrevolution.
When Leo arrived at Cornell University as an undergraduate in the fall of 1983, a counterrevolution in the legal world was gaining momentum.
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.
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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