Counter-revolution

How it is used

Identify which changes opponents sought to reverse; opposition need not share one programme.

Example sentences

1. The exiled officers raised money for a counter-revolution.

   Their activity aims to undo the new revolutionary order.

2. The pamphlet called land redistribution a defence against counter-revolution.

   The word also functions as a political label used by participants.

Common collocations

• defeat a counter-revolution
• counter-revolutionary forces

Related terms

• revolutionThe sudden, often violent overthrow of a government or political system by its people, or any deep and rapid change in society, the economy or ideas.
• regimeA system of government, or the group of people in power in a country for a certain period, often used for governments that are not democratic.

More terms: Revolutions and Political Change

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• reform
• nationalism
• independence
• coup
• regicide
• iconoclasm
• enfranchisement
• disenfranchisement
• suffragist
• suffragette
• abolitionism