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counterrevolution

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coun·ter·rev·o·lu·tion  (kountr-rv-lshn)
n.
1. A revolution whose aim is the deposition and reversal of a political or social system set up by a previous revolution.
2. A movement to oppose revolutionary tendencies and developments.
counter·revo·lution·ary (-sh-nr) adj. & n.
counter·revo·lution·ist n.
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Noun1.counterrevolution - a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution
revolution - the overthrow of a government by those who are governed


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6-13, 2006) supporting modern music, boasting that if Church music were to be based on "Gregorian chant or its choral cousins" this would represent "a remarkable counterrevolution in liturgical music.
Church music by Kokoski, Paul / Catholic Insight
From suburban obsession with minutia rather than the broad picture, to subtle rollbacks in civil rights, to the drumbeat of fear that the so-called Counterrevolution plays to scare voters into falling in line with its social agenda, "The Strange Death of Liberal America" exposes all in no-nonsense, clear and charged language.
The Strange Death of Liberal America by Buhle, Willis M. / Reviewer's Bookwatch
Back in Washington, Iran-watchers described the protests as the first step toward a counterrevolution in the Islamic Republic.
Between the mullahs and Bush: Iranian student movement loses its place by Schmidle, Nicholas / The Progressive
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