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nonrevolution

nonrevolution noun: absence or failure of political revolution.

Noun

nonrevolution (uncountable)

  1. Absence or failure of political revolution.
    • Winik’s second story line, which advances a more unconventional claim, is that the revolutions in America and France, and the nonrevolution or reaction in Russia, were all of a piece, that they represented different enactments of the same overarching plot.2007 September 30, Joseph Ellis, “Revolutionary Road”, in New York Times

Origin of nonrevolution

From non- + revolution.

Questions about nonrevolution

What does nonrevolution mean?
Nonrevolution means absence or failure of political revolution.
What part of speech is nonrevolution?
Nonrevolution is a noun.

Words near nonrevolution in the dictionary

  1. nonrevocation
  2. nonrevokable
  3. nonrevoked
  4. nonrevoking
  5. nonrevolting
  6. nonrevolution
  7. nonrevolutionaries
  8. nonrevolutionary
  9. nonrevolving
  10. nonrevs
  11. nonrewarded

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