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counterrevolutionary

/'kaʊntər,rɛvə'luʃə,nɛri/

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noun
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
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Similar:

counter-revolutionist counterrevolutionist

type of:
revolutionary revolutionist subversive subverter
marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution
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"ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies"
Opposite:

revolutionary
relating to or being a counterrevolution
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Examples of counterrevolutionary

"ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies"