English Explanatory Dictionary

revolutionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
  2. Of or pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
  3. Of or pertaining to something that revolves.
noun
  1. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
name
  1. Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/ /-ˈljuː-/ En-us-revolutionary.ogg

Word forms

revolutionary more revolutionary most revolutionary revolutionaries

Etymology

Compare French révolutionnaire; equivalent to revolution + -ary.

Synonyms

Jacobinic Jacobinical

Derived words

anterevolutionary antirevolutionary café revolutionary contrarevolutionary counterrevolutionary French Revolutionary Time nonrevolutionary permanent revolutionary postrevolutionary prerevolutionary prorevolutionary pseudorevolutionary resolutionary revolutionarily revolutionariness revolutionarity revolutionary site ultrarevolutionary unrevolutionary
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