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permanent revolution

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The status of a revolutionary class where it continues to push for and achieve its interests despite the political dominance of those with opposing interests.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism, countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The theory that socialism can be obtained without the country first experiencing a period of capitalism. The revolution must furthermore become an agent for other anticapitalist revolutions around the globe, in part to secure the revolution abroad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

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Antonyms: stagism

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