What does "counterrevolution" mean?

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

Counterrevolution

Common synonyms include: backfire, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm.

noun

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Noun

1
A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution. countable, uncountable
"The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution."
2
a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution wordnet
3
in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal. countable, uncountable

"The Bolshevik counterrevolution reversed the fortunes of what had been a strong and rising proletarian movement."

From counter- + revolution.