counterrevolutionary
/'kaʊntər,rɛvə'luʃə,nɛri/
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nouna revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolutiontype of:
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"ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies"marked by opposition or antipathy to revolutionOpposite:
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relating to or being a counterrevolution
Definition that contains counterrevolutionary
- contras a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
- cultural revolution a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
- great proletarian cultural revolution a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos