counterrevolutionary
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or resulting from a counterrevolution.
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opposing a revolution or revolutionary government.
noun
plural
counterrevolutionariesEtymology
Origin of counterrevolutionary
First recorded in 1790–1800; counterrevolution + -ary
Example Sentences
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More than 350 pictures, including many by the leading names of the Ukrainian avant-garde, were immured in the vaults of what is now the National Art Museum in Kyiv, owing to their “counterrevolutionary formalist methods.”
From New York Times
For six of those years, he was persecuted as a counterrevolutionary.
From New York Times
The charges were similarly absurd, that he had been a member of a counterrevolutionary organization and sabotaged the collective farm’s work.
From Washington Post
After the armed suppression of protests in 1989, he stoutly defended people accused of fomenting “counterrevolutionary turmoil.”
From New York Times
Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counterrevolutionary criminals.
From Salon
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