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
He himself once suffered from excessive revolutionism, and was condemned to death by it when young, about 1794, in the reign of terror, when Monsieur Raville and others were shot at Geneva.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 554, June 30, 1832 by Various
He would not hesitate to say that the revolutionism preached in the newspaper called the 'Tocsin' was dangerous, was immoral.
From Demos by George Gissing
It is this social-political realism which gives the finishing stroke to all utopism and revolutionism.
From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Werner Sombart
His first revolutionism was as private and internal as feeling sea-sick.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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