counterrevolutionary | ||
1. | [ adjective ] marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | |
Examples: | "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies" |
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Related terms: | revolutionary | |
2. | [ noun ] (politics) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | |
Synonyms: | counter-revolutionist counterrevolutionist | |
Related terms: | revolutionist | |
Similar spelling: |
counterrevolution counterrevolutionist counter-revolutionist counterreformation Counter_Reformation counterattraction |