counterrevolutionist

Variant of counterrevolution

counterrevolution definition

counter·revo·lu·tion (-rev′ə lo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a political movement or revolution against a government or social system set up by a previous revolution
  2. a movement to combat revolutionary tendencies

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