counterrevolutionary
Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolutionMarked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
Konterrevolutionär, Konterrevolutionärin
контрреволюционе́рkontrrevoljucionér, контрреволюционе́ркаkontrrevoljucionérka, ко́нтраkóntra
контрреволюціоне́рkontrrevoljucionér, контрреволюціоне́ркаkontrrevoljucionérka
Examples
2 sentencesThe Central Committee branded Tom a counterrevolutionary.
The Bolsheviks were counterrevolutionaries who thwarted the socialist revolution.
Translations
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Origin
From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to thFrom counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.
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Forms
plural: counterrevolutionariesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution:counterrevolutionistcounter-revolutionist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.