counterrevolution

• counter-revolution, counter revolution

From counter- +‎ revolution.

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counterrevolution (countable and uncountable, plural counterrevolutions)

1. A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.

   The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution.

   • 2014 March 23, Patrick Kingsley, “Egypt's spring 2014: is the counter-revolution now complete?”, in The Observer‎:

     Egypt's spring 2014: is the counter-revolution now complete? [title]

   • 2020 May 26, David Sirota, “Democrats are fueling a corporate counter-revolution against progressives”, in The Guardian‎:

     This corporate counter-revolution is easiest to see in Democrats’ enthusiastic support for Republicans’ legislative response to the coronavirus crisis.

• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolutionist