English Explanatory Dictionary

counterrevolution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.
  2. in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

counterrevolution counterrevolutions counter-revolution counter revolution

Etymology

From counter- + revolution.

Antonyms

revolution

Derived words

counterrevolutionary counterrevolutionist

Translations

Armenian: հակահեղափոխություն Basque: kontrairaultza Belarusian: контррэвалю́цыя Bulgarian: контрареволю́ция Carpathian Rusyn: контрареволу́ція Catalan: contrarevolució Chinese Mandarin: 反革命 Czech: kontrarevoluce Dutch: contrarevolutie Esperanto: kontraŭrevolucio Finnish: vastavallankumous French: contre-révolution German: Gegenrevolution German: Konterrevolution Greek: αντεπανάσταση Hungarian: ellenforradalom Indonesian: kontra revolusi Irish: frithréabhlóid Italian: controrivolta Japanese: 反革命 Kazakh: контрреволюция Kazakh: контртөңкеріс Kazakh: қарсы төңкеріс Korean: 반혁명 Polish: kontrrewolucja Portuguese: contrarrevolução Romanian: contrarevoluție Romanian: contrarevoluțiune Russian: контрреволю́ция Spanish: contrarrevolución Swedish: kontrarevolution Swedish: motrevolution Ukrainian: контрреволю́ція Vietnamese: phản cách mạng
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