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counterrevolutionaries
Variant of counterrevolution
noun
- a political movement or revolution against a government or social system set up by a previous revolution
- a movement to combat revolutionary tendencies
Related Forms:
- counterrevolutionary noun, adjective pl. counterrevolutionaries
- counterrevolutionist noun
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