adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
In opposition to a revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
adjective
Meaning 4
marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies
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Antonyms: revolutionary
5
adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or being a counterrevolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 6
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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