Noun
a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution
Source: WordNetBolshevik propaganda portrait from 1918 depicting Trotsky as a modern-day Saint George of communism slaying the dragon in a top hat with the word " counterrevolution " written on its body. Source: Internet
It was one of the several other commissions in the country that fought against counterrevolution, speculation, banditry, and other activities perceived as crimes. Source: Internet
By March 1918, when the organization came to Moscow, it contained the following sections: against counterrevolution, speculation, non-residents, and information gathering. Source: Internet