counterrevolution

English

Alternative forms

• counter-revolution

Etymology

From counter- +‎ revolution.

Noun

counterrevolution (plural counterrevolutions)

1. 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

• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolutionist

Translations

revolution to reverse effects of previous revolution

• Armenian: հակահեղափոխություն (hy) (hakaheġapʻoxutʻyun)
• Basque: kontrairaultza
• Catalan: contrarevolució f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反革命 (zh) (fǎngémìng)

• Czech: kontrarevoluce f
• Finnish: vastavallankumous (fi)
• German: (general) Gegenrevolution f; (chiefly Marxism) Konterrevolution (de) f
• Hungarian: ellenforradalom (hu)
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• 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