Collocations withrevolution

These are words often used in combination withrevolution.

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agricultural revolution
The 10,000-year-old agricultural revolution continues.
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armed revolution
He may demand its overthrow by armed revolution.
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bloodless revolution
A bloodless revolution took place between 1945 and 1951.
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communist revolution
By giving land to the tenants, it was believed that a communist revolution or takeover could be avoided.
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computer revolution
Perhaps, in the midst of a computer revolution, it was felt that it had lost something of its relevance.
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constitutional revolution
A constitutional revolution of sorts has been undertaken and implemented.
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cultural revolution
In the late 1960s the cultural revolution began.
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democratic revolution
It wants to see a 21st-century socialism with control over natural and economic resources passing to the people through a democratic revolution.
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digital revolution
We must use this digital revolution.
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electronic revolution
But the electronic revolution is making it certain that it will play a minority role.
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genetic revolution
For a while the molecular genetic revolution put quantitative genetics in the shade.
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glorious revolution
We had a debate on the glorious revolution the other day.
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greatest revolution
We are dealing with probably the greatest revolution in history.
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information revolution
Local and national governments finance and usually control critical infrastructures that provide the backbones of the information revolution.
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managerial revolution
These weaknesses raise questions about the openness of debate, which it is held to have fostered, and expose a fundamental flaw in the ' managerial revolution ' it sought to initiate.
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peaceful revolution
Then, suddenly, we have a peaceful revolution.
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quiet revolution
There is also a quiet revolution in the workplace.
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scientific revolution
No student of the scientific revolution can do without it.
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social revolution
Then comes the period of social revolution.
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socialist revolution
Rather, he stressed that the more people, the greater the energy for socialist revolution and construction.
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technological revolution
Of course, this technological revolution is broader than the often-cloistered world of music education.
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violent revolution
This would be a violent revolution indeed, a violent revolution in policy.
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