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revolutionist

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rev·o·lu·tion·ist  (rv-lsh-nst)
n.
One who favors or is engaged in a revolution.
revo·lution·ist adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.revolutionistrevolutionist - a radical supporter of political or social revolution
revolutionary, subversive, subverter
counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist - a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
dynamiter, dynamitist - a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
Girondin, Girondist - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions


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Though neither by temperament nor conviction a revolutionist, Dostoevsky was one of a little group of young men who met together to read Fourier and Proudhon.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
And therefore, if they want to depict, not God, but a revolutionist or a sage, let them take from history a Socrates, a Franklin, a Charlotte Corday, but not Christ.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
If that's the stuff revolutionists are made of some of us may well go on their knees to them," she continued in a slightly bantering voice, while the banal society smiles hardened on the worldly faces turned towards her with conventional deference.
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