COUNTERREVOLUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("counterrevolution" is a kind of...):

revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)

Derivation:

counterrevolutionary (relating to or being a counterrevolution)

counterrevolutionist (a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution)