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Noun: counterrevolution  'kawn-tu(r)`re-vu'loo-shun
  1. A revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

Derived forms: counterrevolutions

See also: counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist

Type of: revolution

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