Counter-revolutionist (Noun)
Meaning
A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The government branded the protesters as counter-revolutionists, claiming they sought to undermine the nation's hard-won freedom and stability.
- Those who opposed the centralized planning and instead advocated for free markets were seen by the ruling party as counter-revolutionists.
- The defeated former leader's supporters were labeled counter-revolutionists and subjected to escalating persecution and imprisonment.
- He was once a respected figure in the revolutionary movement, but after a change of heart, he became a vocal counter-revolutionist fighting against what he saw as his former comrades' abuse of power.
- In the years following the revolution, a growing number of counter-revolutionists, who had secretly never abandoned their old loyalties, openly began working towards their goal of toppling the new order.