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Counterrevolutionary

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In opposition to a revolution.

    "In early 1990, he was sentenced to two years by the Loudi Prefecture Intermediate Court on a charge of "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." He was then sent to Longxi Prison for reform through labor, and has since been released."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or being a counterrevolution wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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