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Counterrevolution

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A revolution whose aim is the deposition and reversal of a political or social system set up by a previous revolution.

n. A movement to oppose revolutionary tendencies and developments.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

Word Usage

"Spanish Embassy; some of these gentlemen are in contact with the war criminals and they are all in this together; that is what they call the counterrevolution; that is what is called the "reaction.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

revolution

Form

counterrevolutionary counteerevolutionist

Rhyme

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