"counterrevolutionary" meaning in English

See counterrevolutionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution. Etymology templates: {{af|en|counter-|revolutionary}} counter- + revolutionary Head templates: {{en-adj}} counterrevolutionary (comparative more counterrevolutionary, superlative most counterrevolutionary)
  1. In opposition to a revolution. Categories (topical): Politics Derived forms: counterrevolutionaryism Related terms: counterrevolution Translations (in opposition to a revolution): հակահեղափոխական (hakaheġapʻoxakan) (Armenian), əks-inqilabi (Azerbaijani), contrarevolucionari (Catalan), 反革命 (fǎngémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), vastavallankumouksellinen (Finnish), contre-révolutionnaire (French), konterrevolutionär (German), 反革命の (hankakumei no) (alt: はんかくめい) (Japanese), контрреволюциялық (kontrrevolüsiälyq) (Kazakh), 반혁명의 (banhyeongmyeong'ui) (Korean), kontrrewolucyjny (Polish), контрреволюцио́нный (kontrrevoljuciónnyj) (Russian), antirrevolucionario (Spanish), contrarrevolucionario (Spanish), kontrarevolutionär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-counterrevolutionary-en-adj-eowseBGE Disambiguation of Politics: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: counter-revolutionary

Noun

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Etymology: From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution. Etymology templates: {{af|en|counter-|revolutionary}} counter- + revolutionary Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterrevolutionary (plural counterrevolutionaries)
  1. A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: counterrevolutionist Translations (person who opposes a revolution): հակահեղափոխական (hakaheġapʻoxakan) (Armenian), əks-inqilabçı (Azerbaijani), контррэвалюцыяне́р (kontrrevaljucyjanjér) [masculine] (Belarusian), контррэвалюцыяне́рка (kontrrevaljucyjanjérka) [feminine] (Belarusian), contrarevolucionari (Catalan), 反革命 (fǎngémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 反革命分子 (fǎngémìng fènzi) (Chinese Mandarin), kontrarevolucionář [masculine] (Czech), vastavallankumouksellinen (Finnish), contre-révolutionnaire [feminine, masculine] (French), კონტრრევოლუციონერი (ḳonṭrrevolucioneri) (Georgian), Konterrevolutionär [masculine] (German), Konterrevolutionärin [feminine] (German), контрреволюционер (kontrrevolüsioner) (Kazakh), контрреволюцияшыл (kontrrevolüsiäşyl) (Kazakh), kontrrewolucjonista [masculine] (Polish), kontrrewolucjonistka [feminine] (Polish), контрреволюционе́р (kontrrevoljucionér) [masculine] (Russian), контрреволюционе́рка (kontrrevoljucionérka) [feminine] (Russian), ко́нтра (kóntra) [also, collective, feminine, pejorative] (Russian), contrarevolucionario [masculine] (Spanish), kontrarevolutionär [common-gender] (Swedish), контрреволюціоне́р (kontrrevoljucionér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), контрреволюціоне́рка (kontrrevoljucionérka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Synonyms: counter-revolutionary

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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