revolutionary
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əˈlu adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
2.
radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.: a revolutionary discovery.
3.
( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the american revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it in U.S. history: Revolutionary heroes; Revolutionary weapons.
4.
noun
5.
a revolutionist.
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Related forms
rev·o·lu·tion·ar·i·ly, adverb
rev·o·lu·tion·ar·i·ness, noun
an·ti·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, noun, plural an·ti·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies, adjective
non·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies.
post-Rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective
pre·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective
pro·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective
sem·i·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural sem·i·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies.
ul·tra·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural ul·tra·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies.
un·rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y, adjective
Synonyms
2. unprecedented, novel, drastic, unorthodox.
2. unprecedented, novel, drastic, unorthodox.
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| —n , pl -aries | |
| 1. | a person who advocates or engages in revolution |
| —adj | |
| 2. | relating to or characteristic of a revolution |
| 3. | advocating or engaged in revolution |
| 4. | radically new or different: a revolutionary method of making plastics |
| 5. | rotating or revolving |
| revo'lutionarily | |
| —adv | |
| Revolutionary (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | chiefly (US) of or relating to the conflict or period of the War of American Independence (1775--83) |
| 2. | of or relating to any of various other Revolutions, esp the Russian Revolution (1917) or the French Revolution (1789) |
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Example sentences
Everyone loves to champion those cases in history where a bright revolutionary mind overturned the conventional paradigm.
But as wild as the idea of a six-engine airplane carrying a multi-stage rocket may be, it is evolutionary, not revolutionary.
But the true pioneers realized that the camera was more revolutionary than that.
While his colleagues took their holidays, his thoughts began to crystallise into a revolutionary idea.
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