counter-revolutionn.
A revolution opposed to a previous revolution or reversing its results.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] > opposed to previous
counter-revolution1793
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > counter-revolution
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1793 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 388 A very large portion of the people are disposed to a counter revolution.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 180 The effect of such a counterrevolution would be..that William would sink into insignificance.
1890 G. Saintsbury in New Rev. Feb. 138 A real counter-revolution may have effected itself in their opinions.
Derivatives
counter-revoˈlutionary adj. (a) adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a counter-revolution; (b) n. a counter-revolutionist.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [adjective] > opposing
counter-revolutionary1799
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > counter-revolutionary
counter-revolutionary1799
Thermidorian1938
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary > counter-revolutionary
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counter-revolutionary1917
Thermidorian1981
1799 Ann. Reg. 1793 (Hist.) 259/1 Brissot..exclaimed against the tyranny of a forced loan, and represented..its counter-revolutionary operation.
1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 77 473 To impress on public opinion a counter-revolutionary tendency.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvi. 137 The oligarchical party..promised them a counter-revolutionary movement.
1917 M. Farbman Russian Revol. 31 The counter-revolutionaries of the Right.
1920 Times 13 Feb. 12/5 Every Pole in Russia has been treated by the Bolshevists as a counter-revolutionary.
1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands p. xi In 1893–94 came the counterrevolutionary revolt of the fleet, with civil war in Rio de Janeiro harbour.
1950 A. Koestler in R. Crossman God that Failed 74 From then onward I no longer cared whether Hitler's allies called me a counter-revolutionary.
counter-revoˈlutionist n. one who takes part in a counter-revolution.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary > counter-revolutionary
counter-revolutionist1791
counter-revolutionary1917
Thermidorian1981
1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 144 To the troops mentioned are added by the counter revolutionists 15,000 Hessians.
1836 T. Arnold Let. 28 Nov. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. viii. 63 The counter-revolutionists had gained the ascendancy.
ˌcounter-revoˈlutionize v. to subject to a counter-revolution.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > make revolutionary in character [verb (transitive)] > make counter-revolutionary
re-revolutionize1803
counter-revolutionize1827
1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 306 He should march against it with equal activity, whether revolutionized or counter-revolutionized.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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