Counterrevolutionist (Noun)
Meaning
A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The government cracked down on suspected counterrevolutionists who were allegedly plotting to overthrow the new regime.
- A group of wealthy elites emerged as counterrevolutionists, determined to restore the power and privilege they had lost in the revolution.
- Historians have long debated the role of counterrevolutionists in undermining the French Revolution's ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- The authorities accused the opposition leader of being a counterrevolutionist and used this as a pretext to jail him without trial.
- After the revolution, a network of counterrevolutionists worked secretly to dismantle the new government's reforms and restore the old order.