Associations to the word «Counterrevolutionary»

Wiktionary

COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, adjective. In opposition to a revolution
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, noun. A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it

Dictionary definition

COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, noun. A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, adjective. Relating to or being a counterrevolution.
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY, adjective. Marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke