counterrevolutionary
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or resulting from a counterrevolution.
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opposing a revolution or revolutionary government.
noun
plural
counterrevolutionaries-
Also counterrevolutionist a person who advocates or engages in a counterrevolution.
Etymology
Origin of counterrevolutionary
First recorded in 1790–1800; counterrevolution + -ary
Example Sentences
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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counterrevolutionary criminals.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022
“The formula of ‘Sweetback’ was preempted — taken and perverted and watered down and used in a counterrevolutionary way,” he told Interview magazine.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021
But now it is a noisy, multifaceted earnestness, one that no longer bans dancing—or even simply jumping up and down with abandon when the mood strikes—as either blasphemous or counterrevolutionary.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021
But even as he danced with his master, a counterrevolutionary coup in Mutal placed Nuun Ujol Chaak’s son onto the throne, from where he quickly became a problem.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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