counterrevolutionary (adj.)

  1. relating to or being a counterrevolution

  2. marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies'

    counterrevolutionary (n.)

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

    [ Syn: counterrevolutionist , counter-revolutionist ]

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