Prerevolutionary

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring before a revolution. not-comparable

    "Although Brogan sees the history as a “medley of fiction and wishful thinking,” he is deeply impressed with Tocqueville’s pioneering use of local archives, which allowed him to lay out the continuity between prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary France."

Synonyms

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ante bellumantediluviananterevolutionaryprelapsarianprerevolutionprerevolution

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"Although Brogan sees the history as a “medley of fiction and wishful thinking,” he is deeply impressed with Tocqueville’s pioneering use of local archives, which allowed him to lay out the continuity between prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary France."

Etymology

From pre- + revolutionary.

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