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counterrevolutionary

counterrevolutionary noun: marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.

Noun (1)

counterrevolutionary (uncountable)

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

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
    • It seems likely that states in the Middle East and North Africa could divide into three camps. […] In the second, Egypt and Tunisia will struggle to realize their revolutionary promise and ideals while resisting the counterrevolutionary forces of the old regimes.2011 March 28, Steven A. Cook, “After the Arab Spring”, in The Atlantic

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

counterrevolutionary meaning in Bengali

counterrevolutionary in Bengali

বিপ্লববিরোধী

Synonyms of counterrevolutionary

Forms of counterrevolutionary

Noun
alternative formcounter-revolutionary
pluralcounterrevolutionaries
Adjective
comparativemore counterrevolutionary
superlativemost counterrevolutionary

Origin of counterrevolutionary

From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.

Words formed from counterrevolutionary

Questions about counterrevolutionary

What does counterrevolutionary mean?
Counterrevolutionary means marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.
What is counterrevolutionary in Bengali?
Counterrevolutionary in Bengali is বিপ্লববিরোধী. See Counterrevolutionary meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is counterrevolutionary?
Counterrevolutionary can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of counterrevolutionary?
The plural of counterrevolutionary is counterrevolutionaries.

Words near counterrevolutionary in the dictionary

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

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