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counter-revolution

/ ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃən /

noun

  1. a revolution opposed to a previous revolution and aimed at reversing its effects


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Derived Forms

  • ˌcounter-ˌrevoˈlutionist, noun

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Example Sentences

Egypt elected its president from the Muslim Brotherhood, only to see a counter-revolution reinstate a member of the military.

But the air was pierced by an even more dangerous and unsettling sound—the sound of counter-revolution.

Structurally speaking, this is why we got the revolution—the counter-revolution—we got, in the form of the Tea Party.

The displaced crowd likely as not, foreseeing the doom which awaits its members, seeks escape by attempting a counter-revolution.

That trial really gives a complete picture of the conditions of Germany under the triumphant Counter-Revolution.

A general congress was determined on, and at length chosen, after some attempts made by the royalists at a counter-revolution.

At length a counter-revolution was agreed upon; and Christmas day was selected for the restoration of Roman-catholicism.

Some of the States were in a condition near to counter-revolution.

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