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counterrevolutionary

noun

Etymology

From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.

  1. derived from revolvō
  2. derived from revolūtiō
  3. derived from revolucion
  4. inherited from revolucion
  5. suffixed as revolutionary — “revolution + -ary”
  6. formed as counterrevolutionary — “counter- + revolutionary”

Definitions

  1. Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.

  2. In opposition to a revolution.

    • To go back in time, as it were, the counterrevolutionary bloc—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, and their allies in Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere—believes the future must be more authoritarian than ever.

  3. A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.

    • Two “counterrevolutionaries” were sentenced to death and executed publicly before cheering thousands in Shanghai Aug. 28, according to a Shanghai radio report received in Tokyo today.

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