Dictionary

revolutionize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)u.ʃəˌnaɪz/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃəˌnaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɹev.əˈl(j)uː.ʃəˌnɑɪz/ (Australia)

Etymology

From revolution + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To radically or significantly change (something), as in a revolution.
   • Teachers are not simply wage earners who teach students, but revolutionaries bringing up the future builders of socialism. For this reason, we are working hard to help teachers acquire advanced science and technology and to revolutionize and working-classize them. 1972 May 14, Kim Il Sung, Kim Il Sung Works (Kim Il Sung Works; 27), Pyongyang, Korea: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Talk to the Delegation of the Japan National Association of Socialist Mayors, page 177:
   • Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age. 2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025:
   • At supper my grandfather took command of the table d'hôte as though he had been at home; […] In fact, he revolutionized the whole establishment, and gave it such a rouse, that the very house reeled with it. 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Bold Dragoon, or The Adventure of My Grandfather”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 63:
   • ChatGPT and reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) have revolutionized the AI landscape, providing an accessible and reliable platform for AI-enabled applications. 2023, Mohak Agarwal, Generative AI for Entrepreneurs in a Hurry, Notion Press, →ISBN:
   • Another kind of machine learning, called neural networks, is also “revolutionizing” AI, the report said. 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
   • For Joseph Schumpeter, the Austrian-born economist whose writings have acquired a special relevance in the past year or two, this most modern of economic systems “incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one.” 2010 January 22, Stephen Mihm, “Capitalist Chameleon”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2017:

Forms

Deriveds

revolutionizer · unrevolutionized

Translations (28)

de revolutionieren (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ko 혁명을 일으키다 (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · kk түбірімен өзгерту (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · kk революцияландыру (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · hu forradalmasít (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · sv revolutionera (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ru революционизировать (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ro revoluționa (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · pt revolucionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · lv revolucionizēt (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · da revolutionere (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · it rivoluzionare (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · gl revolucionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · lad revolusionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · pl zrewolucjonizować (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · cmn 變革 /变革 (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · es revolucionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ca revolucionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ast revolucionar (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · ja 革命を起こす (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · fi mullistaa (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · bg революционизирам (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · nl revolutioneren (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · be рэвалюцыянізава́ць (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · hy հեղափոխել (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · uk революціонізува́ти (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · pl rewolucjonizować (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution) · fr révolutionner (to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution)