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1. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
   "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
    
2. The overthrow of a government by those who are governed
    
3. A single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
   - rotation, gyration

Derived forms: revolutions

See also: revolt, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionize, revolve

Type of: alteration, change, group action, modification, turn, turning

Encyclopedia: Revolution Revolution, The Revolution, the