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counterrevolution

[ koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.
  2. a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of counterrevolution1

1785–95; counter- + revolution, as translation of French ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ù±ð-°ùé±¹´Ç±ô³Ü³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô
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The America-haters rightly fear that he and his party are on the threshold of a successful counterrevolution.

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When Leo arrived at Cornell University as an undergraduate in the fall of 1983, a counterrevolution in the legal world was gaining momentum.

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The rest of the movie is about the Barbies deploying their political organizing skills and the Kens’ underdeveloped sense of self-awareness to successfully stage a counterrevolution and get their Dreamhouses back.

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The historic 1919 Seattle general strike was partially ignited by longshore workers refusing to load a cargo of rifles intended to arm the czarist counterrevolution.

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Sherry Ning, a writer in Toronto, was only half-joking when she recently tweeted, “The next counterrevolution is the return of whole milk.â€

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