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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.
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Origin:
1785–95; counter- + revolution, as trans. of F contre-révolution
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coun·ter·rev·o·lu·tion   (koun'tər-rěv'ə-lōō'shən)   
n.  

  1. A revolution whose aim is the deposition and reversal of a political or social system set up by a previous revolution.

  2. A movement to oppose revolutionary tendencies and developments.

coun'ter·rev'o·lu'tion·ar'y (-shə-něr'ē) adj. & n., coun'ter·rev'o·lu'tion·ist n.
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