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revolution

re·vo·lu·tion

UK/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/ US/ˌrɛvʌˈluʃʌn/ common

noun

1.

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

  • “the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution”
2.

the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

3.

a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

  • “the plane made three rotations before it crashed”
  • “the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).

Phrases

  • a revolution is not a dinner party
  • agricultural revolution
  • Blue Revolution
  • color revolution
  • colour revolution
  • coloured revolution
  • Common Sense Revolution
  • counter revolution

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