counterrevolutionary en · ADJ
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Etymology
From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.
Meanings
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In opposition to a revolution.
In early 1990, he was sentenced to two years by the Loudi Prefecture Intermediate Court on a charge of "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." He was then sent to Longxi Prison for reform through labor, and has since been released.
1992, “Data on Pro-Democracy Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners in Hunan Province”, in Anthems of Defeat: Crackdown in Hunan Province, 1989-1992, Human Rights Watch, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1:To go back in time, as it were, the counterrevolutionary bloc—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, and their allies in Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere—believes the future must be more authoritarian than ever.
2018 November 3, Hassan Hassan, “The Arab Winter Is Coming”, in The Atlantic:It seems likely that states in the Middle East and North Africa could divide into three camps. […] In the second, Egypt and Tunisia will struggle to realize their revolutionary promise and ideals while resisting the counterrevolutionary forces of the old regimes.
2011 March 28, Steven A. Cook, “After the Arab Spring”, in The Atlantic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more counterrevolutionary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most counterrevolutionary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| counter-revolutionary | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
ja 反革命の (in opposition to a revolution) · kk контрреволюциялық (in opposition to a revolution) · fi vastavallankumouksellinen (in opposition to a revolution) · fr contre-révolutionnaire (in opposition to a revolution) · hy հակահեղափոխական (in opposition to a revolution) · sv kontrarevolutionär (in opposition to a revolution) · cmn 反革命 (in opposition to a revolution) · de konterrevolutionär (in opposition to a revolution) · ca contrarevolucionari (in opposition to a revolution) · es contrarrevolucionario (in opposition to a revolution) · pl kontrrewolucyjny (in opposition to a revolution) · hu forradalomellenes (in opposition to a revolution) · ko 반혁명의 (in opposition to a revolution) · az əks-inqilabi (in opposition to a revolution) · ru контрреволюцио́нный (in opposition to a revolution) · el αντεπαναστατικός (in opposition to a revolution) · es antirrevolucionario (in opposition to a revolution)