Definition of counter-revolutionary in English:
counter-revolutionary
adjectiveˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri
Engaged in or promoting a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results.
there was almost no violent counter-revolutionary activity
Example sentencesExamples
- A blogger accused of spying and counter-revolutionary activities has been jailed for 14 years.
- The truth is that this was a counter-revolutionary strike aimed at defeating the new government.
- He spies on the them for his counter-revolutionary associates.
- Lack of cooperation between counter-revolutionary forces contributed to their final collapse.
- There were about 40 of them who had been jailed for counter-revolutionary charges.
- Members of the other parties were described as counter-revolutionary.
- The heroine knelt in front of a hole that was soon to be her grave, refusing to confess to her proposed counter-revolutionary crimes.
- Meanwhile, in almost every other country counter-revolutionary tendencies were gaining ground.
- By 1849, counter-revolutionary forces had restored order.
- There were centres of counter-revolutionary organizations all over the country.
nounˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri
A person who advocates or engages in a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results.
counter-revolutionaries had blown up a freighter full of armaments
Example sentencesExamples
- He denounced him as a counter-revolutionary bent on overthrowing the government.
- The state assembled evidence that he was a dangerous counter-revolutionary.
- A strong counter-revolutionary, he helped to support the Admiral's activities.
- The assumption is that the mere act of opposing self-proclaimed revolutionaries is all that it takes to make one a counter-revolutionary.
- The prisoner is a counter-revolutionary who says he is still a soldier too.
- The movement to suppress counter-revolutionaries accelerated his ability to remove political opposition.
- None were immediately charged with a crime, though the officials expressed their intention to try those it had labeled "counter-revolutionaries" and "traitors."
- Then he joined the counter-revolutionaries simply to learn they were funded by a corrupt government.
- He denounced him as a counter-revolutionary, dismissed him, and took the post himself.
- She was charged with supporting counter-revolutionaries.
Rhymes
ablutionary, devolutionary, elocutionary, evolutionary, revolutionary, substitutionary