counter revolution
Noun
Meaning
counter revolution (countable and uncountable, plural counter revolutions)
Alternative form of counterrevolution
counter-revolution (plural counter-revolutions)
Alternative form of counterrevolution
Alternative names
counter-revolution
Synonyms
Examples
George Spater explains that "the revulsion felt for Paine's Age of Reason and for other anti-religious thought was so great that a major counter-revolution had been set underway in America before the end of the eighteenth century."
On February 23, 1918, VCheKa sent a radio telegram to all Soviets with a petition to immediately organize emergency commissions to combat counter-revolution, sabotage and speculation, if such commissions had not been yet organized.
But the question arises as to how far this criterion is acceptable or applicable to the solution of the Indo-Manipuri conflict because the directions of the revolution of Manipur and the counter-revolution of India are different from each other.
For seven months, the patriots ruled supreme in rural Massachusetts, unchallenged until the counter-revolution of April 19, 1775.
He had for years been in the camp of those supporting the Conservative counter-revolution.
It was decided to create three sections: informational, organizational, and a unit to combat counter-revolution and sabotage.