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counterrevolutionary

[koun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee] / ˈkaʊn tərˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr i /






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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counterrevolutionary criminals.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2022

“The formula of ‘Sweetback’ was preempted — taken and perverted and watered down and used in a counterrevolutionary way,” he told Interview magazine.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2021

But now it is a noisy, multifaceted earnestness, one that no longer bans dancing—or even simply jumping up and down with abandon when the mood strikes—as either blasphemous or counterrevolutionary.

From Slate Mar. 3, 2021

Song Po-po said that he had always been stubborn, and since his son-in-law had been executed as a counterrevolutionary, he had become even more obstinate and solitary.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

In his first term, he aligned with business leaders, conservatives and even former counterrevolutionaries, and against his own former comrades.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2021

Sholokhov met Stalin in 1931 as he was dealing with critics and editors who questioned the ideological purity of the third volume, given its setting among counterrevolutionaries.

From Washington Post Jan. 31, 2019

In a sign of improved relations, the communist government has given permission for a new house of worship in this remote area, which was a place of exile for counterrevolutionaries after Fidel Castro took power.

From The Guardian Sep. 18, 2015

When a crowd petitioned to depose King Louis XVI in 1791, the red flag was flown not by the revolutionaries but by the counterrevolutionaries.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2012

Suppose some counterrevolutionaries came along in a truck and said: 'We don't need any passes?'

From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John




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