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counter-revolution
/ ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃən /
noun
- a revolution opposed to a previous revolution and aimed at reversing its effects
Derived Forms
- ˌcounter-ˌrevoˈlutionist, noun
Example Sentences
Egypt elected its president from the Muslim Brotherhood, only to see a counter-revolution reinstate a member of the military.
But the air was pierced by an even more dangerous and unsettling sound—the sound of counter-revolution.
Structurally speaking, this is why we got the revolution—the counter-revolution—we got, in the form of the Tea Party.
The displaced crowd likely as not, foreseeing the doom which awaits its members, seeks escape by attempting a counter-revolution.
That trial really gives a complete picture of the conditions of Germany under the triumphant Counter-Revolution.
A general congress was determined on, and at length chosen, after some attempts made by the royalists at a counter-revolution.
At length a counter-revolution was agreed upon; and Christmas day was selected for the restoration of Roman-catholicism.
Some of the States were in a condition near to counter-revolution.
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