counterrevolutionary
1
9.1
- noun
- /ˌkaʊntərˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɛri/
:
contrarrevolucionario
Examples
-
Anyway, it is not yet the work of a counterrevolutionary.
Academic text (1991) -
You could find yourself labeled a "counterrevolutionary."
Blog text (17) -
"Don't forget that you have once been a counterrevolutionary," the chief said.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now the Castro regime considers Arcos a counterrevolutionary and enemy of the state, even though Arcos suffered a gunshot wound to the hip during the assault on the Moncada barracks more than four decades ago.
Academic text (1996) -
At the same dinner, Thomas F. Stribling paralleled his concern about the radicalism of Nullification by toasting Charlotte Corday, the famous female counterrevolutionary of the French Revolution, "who put steel to Marat when he thought to embrace and kiss her; the monster died from the hands of innocence and beauty, acting her part in the great drama of the French Revolution."
Academic text (2014) -
In the aftermath of the revolution, the government cracked down on anyone labeled a counterrevolutionary.
-
The counterrevolutionary group sought to restore the monarchy that had been overthrown.
-
She was accused of being a counterrevolutionary for her outspoken views against the new regime.
Synonyms
33
8.4
Against social or political change and wanting society to go back to how it was
A person who tries to undo a revolution and bring back the old government
A person who tries to bring back the old government after a revolution
A person who wants a former leader or king returned to power
A person who opposes big, sudden political change
A person who strongly supports how things are and resists change
Antonyms
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
counterrevolutionary = revolutionary (transparent) = counter + revolution + ary
The meaning is built directly from 'counter-' plus 'revolutionary', and the noun use for a person is a standard, predictable substantivization.
Etymology
Counterrevolutionary combines counter- ('against') and revolution ('a big turn or change', like revolve), so as a noun it means a person who works 'against' a revolution and tries to bring back the old order.