counterrevolutionary

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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

This conflation of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary “activity” is precisely the novel’s conceit, playing with the Taoist tradition of paradox.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 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

This conflict between revolutionary and counterrevolutionary justice is the first period you mention, 1789 to 1989.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2018

“He might have confessed he visited us. Maybe that’s what they meant when they said they already had the information. They could say we were establishing counterrevolutionary ties.”

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