counterrevolution
[ koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuh n ]
Synonyms for counterrevolution
- backlash
- backsliding
- obscurantism
- regression
- relapse
- retreat
- retrenchment
- retrogression
- right
- withdrawal
- Toryism
- right wing
- status quo
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England and Austria insisted that there should be neither vengeance nor counterrevolution.
Extrapolating Russian history, it would be reasonable to expect a backlash in the form of a counterrevolution.
Undoubtedly a French statesman could not but wish for a counterrevolution in England.
The votes of the Parliament had already forced on Lewis the conviction that there was no chance of a counterrevolution.
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