counterrevolutionary

[ US /ˌkaʊntɝɹɛvəˈɫuʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or being a counterrevolution
  2. marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution
    ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies
NOUN
  1. a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
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How To Use counterrevolutionary In A Sentence

  • ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies
  • To contextualize this idea I would like to ask the signers of the document if you will remain silent when they come looking for a "counterrevolutionary" or a "worm" or an "opponent", if you will be among those who beat others in the repudiation rallies, or among those who defend the victim. Yoani Sanchez: What Did You Do When They Came For The Nonconformist?
  • A few pages later it was the denounced himself who was relaying the "counterrevolutionary" expressions used by the cleaning assistant in the dining room. Yoani Sanchez: "The Murmurs Overlap... Everyone Spies on Everyone."
  • Television that offers positive gay couples and foreign programming and artsy-fartsy symphonies is counterrevolutionary. February 2005
  • It was not just a bit of beadledom from the top of the masthead; it was a permission to unleash the counterrevolutionary spirit against the sudden burst of enthusiasm for Mr. Zell’s program. Battle Lines Are Drawn at <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>
  • The governor-general of West Azerbaijan province, Vahid Jalalzadeh, blamed the bombing on "counterrevolutionary" rebels, an apparent reference to Kurdish separatists. Bomb attack at Iranian parade kills at least 11
  • The information was funneled through counterrevolutionary organizations and their press in the United States, especially in Miami.
  • His penalty was not confinement to Siberia or the Gulag, as may well have been the fate of Pavlik Marozov's "counterrevolutionary" parents. A Very Unattractive Comparison
  • Counterrevolutionary elements who don't accept their socialist responsibilities. Times, Sunday Times
  • But let us not do so in the midst of a moral panic, high on counterrevolutionary retribution. The Sun
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