counterrevolutionary

Historians widely interpret such violence as a counterrevolutionary response to the strength of socialist and labor movements after the First World War.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

He took exception to the A.N.C.’s characterization of Mr. Zuma as a counterrevolutionary, or someone who attempts to subvert the efforts of lifting Black people out of apartheid-era disparities.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

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

Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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