revolutionariness
revolutionariness noun: the state or quality of being revolutionary.
Noun
revolutionariness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being revolutionary.
- His environment and mode of life may have aligned him with the old order politically; but none can deny the revolutionariness of his method, of his criticism, the boldness of his rejections.1958, Christopher Hill, Puritanism & Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century, Pimlico, published 2001, →ISBN
- It also demonstrates the innovativeness and revolutionariness of Mallarme's approach which is here being put to work by Derrida.2010, Jones Irwin, Derrida and the Writing of the Body, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 55
- Synonyms:
- revolutionarity
Synonyms of revolutionariness
Origin of revolutionariness
From revolutionary + -ness.
Words formed from revolutionariness
Questions about revolutionariness
- What does revolutionariness mean?
- Revolutionariness means the state or quality of being revolutionary.
- What part of speech is revolutionariness?
- Revolutionariness is a noun.
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