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pre-revolutionary

pre-revolutionary is the alternative form of prerevolutionary.

Meaning of prerevolutionary

Adjective

prerevolutionary (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before a revolution.
    • Although Brogan sees the history as a “medley of fiction and wishful thinking,” he is deeply impressed with Tocqueville’s pioneering use of local archives, which allowed him to lay out the continuity between prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary France.2007 July 8, Christopher Caldwell, “Even God Quotes Tocqueville”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    prerevolution

Questions about pre-revolutionary

What is pre-revolutionary the alternative form of?
Pre-revolutionary is the alternative form of prerevolutionary.

Words near pre-revolutionary in the dictionary

  1. pre-rendering
  2. pre-renders
  3. pre-resurrection
  4. pre-resurrectional
  5. pre-revolution
  6. pre-revolutionary
  7. pre-rhotic
  8. pre-roll
  9. pre-Roman
  10. pre-Romanesque
  11. pre-salt layer

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