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Counterrevolutionary Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Counterrevolutionary has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it

Adjective
1

relating to or being a counterrevolution

2

marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution

"ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies"

3

In opposition to a revolution

Related Terms
Antonyms
revolutionary
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
revolutionist
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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