revolutionist
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- noun
- /ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪst/
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revolucionario
- The revolutionist organized protests to demand changes in the government.
- American revolutionists
Then it takes a turn, you get this guy Nichaya, who writes this pamphlet, the Catechism of a Revolutionist.
- Then it takes a turn, you get this guy Nichaya, who writes this pamphlet, the Catechism of a Revolutionist.
- Trotsky was, I don't know the Russian, but he was a Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionist.
- Hume actually thought the revolutionists had a good beef with the home country, and he suggested making peace with them.
Examples
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As a dedicated revolutionist, she worked tirelessly to promote social justice.
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The young revolutionist spoke passionately about the need for reform in their community.
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However, they were, I guess you would call them revolutionists for education.
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I am opposing now only the radical revolutionists who are trying to destroy it.
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And yet, there shall be much more time; and whatever the revolutionists say, the new man will resemble the old.
Academic text (1993) -
The early American Revolutionists were fully animus in this regard.
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Hume actually thought the revolutionists had a good beef with the home country, and he suggested making peace with them.
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He became a revolutionist on the workers' side, and he had no more illusions about people like Wilson.
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And they should provide them, considering that the principles of the Italian revolutionists, as represented by Young Americans, were the same as those upon which the United States had been founded.
Academic text (2001) -
As another one of the early American revolutionists memorably said, if we don't hang together, surely we will all hang separately.
Blog text (33)
Synonyms
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A person who acts against the government or people in power
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5.8
A person who supports or takes part in political change to remove a government
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8.1
A person who tries to weaken or remove a government
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9.8
A person who takes part in an armed attack to try to remove a government
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A person who tries to weaken a country's leaders or how society is run
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A person who encourages others to rebel against the government or other authority
A person who takes part in a revolt against authority
Antonyms
Compounds
How Revolutionary
Surface Forms
Morphology
revolutionist = revolution (transparent) = revolution + ist
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to 'revolution'; the meaning 'person who supports or participates in a revolution' is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word revolutionist comes from the old Latin verb revolvere, which means 'to turn', and you can see the same root in revolution and revolve. So a revolutionist is someone who wants to 'turn' a government or society around to make a big, lasting change.