revolutionary
adjective
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change.
prerevolutionary
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a word derived from
revolutionary.
Example Sentences
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In a radically transformed political landscape, however, revolts and revolutions eventually emerged that challenged the last remnants of the prerevolutionary status quo.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Max had been a brilliant and leading organizer of the Yiddish Bund, a humane form of non-Communist leftism that attracted tens of thousands of adherents in prerevolutionary Russia, Lithuania and Poland.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
The title alone, from a love lyric by the prerevolutionary poet Forugh Farrokhzad that Behzad recites, suggests the irrepressible beauty of playtime.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2014
We're offered a vivid portrait of a society in a state of prerevolutionary chaos, and that emerges strongly from Upton's free adaptation.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013
At Krang Truop, Uncle Leang’s family is considered to be a base family because they have lived in the same village since the prerevolutionary days.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
