counterrevolutionary
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or resulting from a counterrevolution.
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opposing a revolution or revolutionary government.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of counterrevolutionary
First recorded in 1790–1800; counterrevolution + -ary
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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
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 ● Aug. 30, 2022
As one counterrevolutionary says, “I refuse to ignore individual lives for the sake of the superb and irrepressible unfolding of History.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
But now it is a noisy, multifaceted earnestness, one that no longer bans dancing—or even simply jumping up and down with abandon when the mood strikes—as either blasphemous or counterrevolutionary.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2021
Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
In his first term, he aligned with business leaders, conservatives and even former counterrevolutionaries, and against his own former comrades.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021
Sholokhov met Stalin in 1931 as he was dealing with critics and editors who questioned the ideological purity of the third volume, given its setting among counterrevolutionaries.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2019
In a sign of improved relations, the communist government has given permission for a new house of worship in this remote area, which was a place of exile for counterrevolutionaries after Fidel Castro took power.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2015
When a crowd petitioned to depose King Louis XVI in 1791, the red flag was flown not by the revolutionaries but by the counterrevolutionaries.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2012
Suppose some counterrevolutionaries came along in a truck and said: 'We don't need any passes?'
From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John
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