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counter revolution

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coun⋅ter⋅rev⋅o⋅lu⋅tion

[koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn]
–noun
1. a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.
2. a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.

Origin:
1785–95; counter- + revolution, as trans. of F contre-révolution
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