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counterrevolutionaries

counterrevolutionaries is the plural of counterrevolutionary.

Meaning of counterrevolutionary

Noun (1)

counterrevolutionary (uncountable)

  1. Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.

Noun (2)

counterrevolutionary (plural counterrevolutionaries)

  1. A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
    • Two “counterrevolutionaries” were sentenced to death and executed publicly before cheering thousands in Shanghai Aug. 28, according to a Shanghai radio report received in Tokyo today.1967 September 7, “2 Executed in Shanghai As ‘Counterrevolutionaries’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Questions about counterrevolutionaries

What is counterrevolutionaries the plural of?
Counterrevolutionaries is the plural of counterrevolutionary.

Words near counterrevolutionaries in the dictionary

  1. counterrevolt
  2. counterrevolted
  3. counterrevolting
  4. counterrevolts
  5. counterrevolution
  6. counterrevolutionaries
  7. counterrevolutionariness
  8. counterrevolutionary
  9. counterrevolutionaryism
  10. counterrevolutionist
  11. counterrevolutionists

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