ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Counterrevolution

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Counterrevolution is a noun meaning A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (card games) in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal.

Example Sentences

Egypt's spring 2014: is the counter-revolution now complete? [title]
The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution.
This corporate counter-revolution is easiest to see in Democrats’ enthusiastic support for Republicans’ legislative response to the coronavirus crisis.

Word Forms

Antonyms for counterrevolution

Common opposites include revolution.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include counterrevolutionaryism, countermovement, antirevolutionism, counterregime, counterrestoration, counterreform.

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