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

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revolutionism

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)

And indeed there is always a declared opposition to general revolutionism, to "Putschism," as they assert their standpoint.

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

And it is quite obvious that he was becoming more and more irritated by the sentimentalism and dress-parade revolutionism of the socialist sects.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert