revolutionism
Americannoun
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the belief or principle that revolution is desirable or necessary.
Revolutionism is a central tenet of Marxism.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of revolutionism
First recorded in 1790–1800; revolution ( def. ) + -ism ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
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)
His first revolutionism was as private and internal as feeling sea-sick.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
He would not hesitate to say that the revolutionism preached in the newspaper called the 'Tocsin' was dangerous, was immoral.
From Demos by Gissing, George
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
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