counterrevolution

English

Alternative forms

counter-revolution

Etymology

From counter- +‎ revolution.

Noun

counterrevolution (plural counterrevolutions)

A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.
The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution.

Derived terms

Translations

revolution to reverse effects of previous revolution

Basque: kontrairaultza
Catalan: contrarevolució f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反革命 (zh)
Czech: kontrarevoluce f
Finnish: vastavallankumous (fi)
German: (general) Gegenrevolution f; (chiefly Marxism) Konterrevolution (de) f
Hungarian: ellenforradalom (hu)

Irish: frithréabhlóid f
Polish: kontrrewolucja (pl) f
Portuguese: contrarrevolução (pt) f
Russian: контрреволю́ция (ru) f (kontrrevoljúcija)
Rusyn: контрареволу́ція f (kontrarevolúcija)
Spanish: contrarrevolución f
Swedish: kontrarevolution (sv), motrevolution (sv) c

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