The work of George Orwell has been subverted by the same kind of counterrevolutionary elements he fought in Spain and opposed during World War II.
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Counterrevolutionary
Synonyms for "counterrevolutionary" (5 found)
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42 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հակահեղափոխական adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- հակահեղափոխական noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- əks-inqilabi adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- əks-inqilabçı noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Belarusian
2 entries- контррэвалюцыяне́р noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- контррэвалюцыяне́рка noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Catalan
2 entries- contrarevolucionari adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- contrarevolucionari noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反革命 adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- 反革命 noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- 反革命分子 noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Czech
1 entries- kontrarevolucionář noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Finnish
2 entries- vastavallankumouksellinen adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- vastavallankumouksellinen noun (person who opposes a revolution)
French
2 entries- contre-révolutionnaire adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- contre-révolutionnaire noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Georgian
1 entries- კონტრრევოლუციონერი noun (person who opposes a revolution)
German
3 entries- konterrevolutionär adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- Konterrevolutionär noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- Konterrevolutionärin noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Greek
3 entries- αντεπαναστατικός adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- αντεπαναστάτης noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- αντεπαναστάτρια noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Japanese
1 entries- 反革命の adj (in opposition to a revolution)
Kazakh
3 entries- контрреволюциялық adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- контрреволюционер noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- контрреволюцияшыл noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Korean
1 entries- 반혁명의 adj (in opposition to a revolution)
Polish
3 entries- kontrrewolucyjny adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- kontrrewolucjonista noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- kontrrewolucjonistka noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Russian
4 entries- контрреволюцио́нный adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- ко́нтра noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- контрреволюционе́р noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- контрреволюционе́рка noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Spanish
3 entries- antirrevolucionario adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- contrarrevolucionario adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- contrarevolucionario noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Swedish
2 entries- kontrarevolutionär adj (in opposition to a revolution)
- kontrarevolutionär noun (person who opposes a revolution)
Ukrainian
2 entries- контрреволюціоне́р noun (person who opposes a revolution)
- контрреволюціоне́рка noun (person who opposes a revolution)
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The Central Committee branded Tom a counterrevolutionary.
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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.
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It seems likely that states in the Middle East and North Africa could divide into three camps. […] In the second, Egypt and Tunisia will struggle to realize their revolutionary promise and ideals while resisting the counterrevolutionary forces of the old regimes.
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