counterrevolutionary
characteristic of or resulting from a counterrevolution.
opposing a revolution or revolutionary government.
Also coun·ter·rev·o·lu·tion·ist [koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuh-nist]. /ˈkaʊn tərˌrɛv əˈlu ʃə nɪst/. a person who advocates or engages in a counterrevolution.
Origin of counterrevolutionary
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How to use counterrevolutionary in a sentence
They were arrested and put to death by Stalin for "counter-revolutionary activities."
Very soon the united Conservative and Counter-Revolutionary parties again regained the ascendant.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution | Karl MarxIn consequence I was considered a counter-revolutionary, if not bourgeois.
This project was immediately branded as counter-revolutionary by "revolutionary democracy."
The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement | Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph KernerThey declared that no bourgeois, counter-revolutionary group would be admitted to the conference.
The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement | Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph Kerner
That which it imagined to be the most revolutionary, came about as the most counter-revolutionary event.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte | Karl Marx
British Dictionary definitions for counter-revolutionary
/ (ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ, -nrɪ) /
a person opposed to revolution
a person who opposes a specific revolution or revolutionary government
characterized by opposition to a revolution or revolutions in general
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