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counterrevolutionary

coun·ter·re·volutionary

US/ˌkaʊntɜrrɛvʌˈluʃʌˌnɛri/ uncommon

adjective

1.

marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution

  • “ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies”

noun

1.

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

Origin

From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.

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