Bloodless Revolution
- noun
- /ˈblʌdləs ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən/
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revolución pacífica
- Following the bloodless revolution, the new leaders promised reforms to benefit all citizens peacefully.
Examples
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In fact, elections in the former Soviet bloc made possible a bloodless revolution.
Academic text (1998) -
The citizens celebrated the success of the bloodless revolution that transformed their government without violence.
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Many people hoped for a bloodless revolution that would finally bring peace and stability to the region.
Synonyms
A change of government that happens without violence
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a major change achieved with little or no violence' is directly derivable from combining 'bloodless' (without bloodshed) with 'revolution' (a rapid/overthrowing change). This adjective+noun compounding follows standard English patterns and similar formulations exist cross-linguistically, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the expression.
Etymology
Bloodless Revolution uses the clear image of a change with no blood spilled—the word bloodless shows 'no fighting'—so people now call any major, peaceful change a 'big change done without violence'.