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revolutionary
[ rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change:
a revolutionary junta.
- radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.:
a revolutionary discovery.
Synonyms: , , ,
- (initial capital letter) of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it in U.S. history:
Revolutionary heroes; Revolutionary weapons.
noun
- a revolutionist.
Revolutionary
1/ ˌɛəˈːʃəəɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the conflict or period of the War of American Independence (1775–83)
- of or relating to any of various other Revolutions, esp the Russian Revolution (1917) or the French Revolution (1789)
revolutionary
2/ ˌɛəˈːʃəəɪ /
noun
- a person who advocates or engages in revolution
adjective
- relating to or characteristic of a revolution
- advocating or engaged in revolution
- radically new or different
a revolutionary method of making plastics
- rotating or revolving
Derived Forms
- ˌ𱹴ˈܳپDzԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- o·tDz·i· adverb
- o·tDz·i·Ա noun
- t·o·tDz·y noun plural antirevolutionaries adjective
- ԴDzr··tDz·y adjective noun plural nonrevolutionaries
- Dz-··tDz·y adjective
- r··tDz·y adjective
- r··tDz·y adjective
- i·o·tDz·y adjective noun plural semirevolutionaries
- ܱt·o·tDz·y adjective noun plural ultrarevolutionaries
- ܲr··tDz·y adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of revolutionary1
Example Sentences
The U.S. first sent ground troops to Vietnam in March 1965 to support South Vietnam against revolutionary forces and North Vietnamese troops, but the war had been going on for years before then.
The victors renamed it city Ho Chi Minh, after the revolutionary father of North Vietnam.
But one day, a new revolutionary will come along and advance that final phase.
While other local punk rock promoters came and went, Goldenvoice became an essential champion of punk, metal, goth, industrial and other revolutionary sounds of the time.
In his late teens, he grew interested in Central America, where the U.S. was funding military efforts against leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and the revolutionary Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
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