anti-revolutionary
adjective
(alsoantirevolutionary)uk/ˌæn.tiˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us/ˌæn.taɪˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.er.i/opposedtorevolution(= achangein the way acountryisgoverned, often usingwarorviolence)or to apoliticalsystembasedon arevolution:
Toholdtheelectionsin ashorttimewould havebenefitedthe anti-revolutionaryforces.
They werearrestedfor antirevolutionaryactivities.
- Sheplayedaleadingrolein the antiradical and antirevolutionarycampaignsof the 1790s.
- Themeetingwasdisruptedby antirevolutionaryelements.
- TheFrenchRevolutioninfluencedUSpolitics, aspro-and anti-revolutionaryfactionssoughttoinfluenceAmericanpolicy.
Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- anti-apartheid
- anti-state
- anti-subversion
- insurrection
- jihadi
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- mutinous
- rebelliousness
- recusant
- red flag
- revolt
- revolution
- subversiveness
- suicide bomber
- terrorist
- topple
- troublemaker
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