revolutionism

American  

[revuh-looshuh-niz-uhm] / ˌrɛvəˈluʃə nɪz əm /

noun

1. the belief or principle that revolution is desirable or necessary.

   Revolutionism is a central tenet of Marxism.

2. the quality of being revolutionary, or radically innovative.

   He may be convinced of the revolutionism of his proposals, but they are actually nothing but tired, empty phrases.

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Etymology

Origin of revolutionism

First recorded in 1790–1800; revolution ( def. ) + -ism ( def. )

Example Sentences

What is distinctive about American students today, says Kenistoji, is not the beats and the draft-card burners, whose revolutionism is only beard-deep, but a new breed of "professionalists."

From Time Magazine Archive

His explosive revolutionism foreshadowed acute attacks of despair amidst Austrian opportunism, which from time to time became terrified at its own insignificance.

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich

They had in a quite arresting degree what was claimed for the Germanics as against Latin revolutionism: quiet freedom, quiet prosperity, a simple love of fields and of the sea.

From The Crimes of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

I will call it "revolutionism," and I mean by that term the fact that never has there been another time, like ours, of such entire change in all the conditions of life.

From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner

Involved in this revolutionism lie all the other peculiarities, as seed-corn in the sheath.

From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner