revolutionary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ˈljuː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
Compare French révolutionnaire; equivalent to revolution + -ary.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
revolutionary war
revolutionary measures
In 1885, one hundred and ten years after the American Declaration of Independence, a young Chinese medical doctor named Sun Yat-sen began preaching his revolutionary principles. Ten years later, in 1895, he founded in Honolulu the first Chinese revolutionary party with what then must have seemed an unbelievably ambitious aim of overthrowing the monarchical system of government which had been in continuous existence in China for forty centuries.
1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), “Introduction”, in Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:revolutionary agitators
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Of or pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
a revolutionary new tool
- Of or pertaining to something that revolves.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more revolutionary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most revolutionary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Jacobinical (political revolution) · Jacobinic (political revolution)
Translations (104)
nb revolusjonær (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nn revolusjonær (something that signifies great change) · hi क्रांतिकारी (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · hy հեղափոխական (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · pl rewolucyjny (something that signifies great change) · cmn 革命性的 (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fi vallankumouksellinen (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · uz инқилобий (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · tg револютсионӣ (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fr révolutionnaire (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ks इंक़लऻब्य (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · az inqilabi (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · he מַהְפֵּכָנִי (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · vo jilevolutanik (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · prs اِنْقِلَابِی (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ca revolucionari (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · lt revoliucinis (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · pt revolucionário (something that signifies great change) · hi इंक़लाबी (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · cy chwyldroadol (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ky революциялык (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · da banebrydende (something that signifies great change) · ga réabhlóideach (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fa-cls اِنْقِلَابِی (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sl revolucionaren (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · cs převratný (something that signifies great change) · ko 혁명적 (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · cmn 革命的 (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fi mullistava (something that signifies great change) · fi uraauurtava (something that signifies great change) · fi vallankumouksellinen (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sv revolutionär (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · az ингилаби (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sv revolutionär (something that signifies great change) · cs revoluční (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · be рэвалюцы́йны (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ur اِنْقِلابی (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fo kollveltingarsamur (something that signifies great change) · it rivoluzionario (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · el επαναστατικός (something that signifies great change) · bg революцио́нен (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ga réabhlóideach (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · pa ਇਨਕਲਾਬੀ (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fi vallankumouksellinen (something that signifies great change) · bn বিপ্লবী (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nb banebrytande (something that signifies great change) · ug ئېنقىلابىي (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · pt revolucionário (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · nb revolusjonær (something that signifies great change) · uk революці́йний (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · gd rèabhlaideach (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · lt revoliucingas (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · uz inqilobiy (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ps انقلابي (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · is byltingarkenndur (something that signifies great change) · pl rewolucyjny (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sh ре̏волуциона̄ран (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · vo levolutik (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · el επαναστατικός (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · hi इंक़िलाबी (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · vo hilevolutanik (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · fa-ira اِنْقِلابی (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sq revolucionar (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · pa اِنْقِلابی (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nb banebrytende (something that signifies great change) · sw kimapinduzi (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · lv revolucionārs (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ast revolucionariu (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · gu ઈંકલાબી (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · bn ইনকিলাবি (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ru революцио́нный (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · vo levolutanik (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · ga réabhlóideach (something that signifies great change) · ko 혁명의 (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · cs revolucionářský (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · ar ثَوْرِيّ (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · da revolutionær (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sk revolučný (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · fo slóðbrótandi (something that signifies great change) · cmn 革命性的 (something that signifies great change) · et revolutsiooniline (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ro revoluționar (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nl baanbrekend (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · da revolutionær (something that signifies great change) · sv revolutionerande (something that signifies great change) · ka რევოლუციური (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sv banbrytande (something that signifies great change) · da epokegørende (something that signifies great change) · de revolutionär (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · mk револуционе́рен (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · kk революциялық (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · es revolucionario (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ks اِنقلٲبؠ (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nn revolusjonær (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · nb revolusjonerende (something that signifies great change) · pt revolucionário (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · ja 革命的な (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · mi whakawhana (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · el επαναστατικός (of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist) · cs revoluční (something that signifies great change) · hu forradalmi (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · tg инқилобӣ (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sh rȅvolucionāran (of or pertaining to a revolution in government) · sv epokgörande (something that signifies great change)