COUNTERREVOLUTION


Meaning of COUNTERREVOLUTION in English

/kown"teuhr rev'euh looh"sheuhn/ , n.

1. a revolution against a government recently established by a revolution.

2. a political movement that resists revolutionary tendencies.

[ 1785-95; COUNTER- + REVOLUTION, as trans. of F contre-révolution ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .