COUNTERREVOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterrevolution mean? 

• COUNTERREVOLUTION (noun)
  The noun COUNTERREVOLUTION has 1 sense:

1. a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

  Familiarity information: COUNTERREVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERREVOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("counterrevolution" is a kind of...):

revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)

Derivation:

counterrevolutionary (relating to or being a counterrevolution)

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