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counter-revolutionary

counter-revolutionary is the alternative form of counterrevolutionary.

Meaning of counterrevolutionary

Adjective

counterrevolutionary (comparative more counterrevolutionary, superlative most counterrevolutionary)

  1. In opposition to a revolution.
    • In early 1990, he was sentenced to two years by the Loudi Prefecture Intermediate Court on a charge of "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." He was then sent to Longxi Prison for reform through labor, and has since been released.1992, “Data on Pro-Democracy Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners in Hunan Province”, in Anthems of Defeat: Crackdown in Hunan Province, 1989-1992, Human Rights Watch, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1

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Forms of counter-revolutionary

Adjective
comparativemore counter-revolutionary
superlativemost counter-revolutionary
Noun
pluralcounter-revolutionaries

Questions about counter-revolutionary

What is counter-revolutionary the alternative form of?
Counter-revolutionary is the alternative form of counterrevolutionary.

Words near counter-revolutionary in the dictionary

  1. Counter-Reformers
  2. counter-revisionist
  3. counter-revisionists
  4. counter-revolution
  5. counter-revolutionaries
  6. counter-revolutionary
  7. counter-revolutions
  8. counter-roll
  9. counter-rolls
  10. counter-rotation
  11. counter-rotations

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