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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
revolution/revəˈluːʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
■ (in Marxism) the class struggle expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism.
- 2 a dramatic and wide-reaching change: marketing underwent a revolution.
- 3 an instance of revolving.
■ motion in orbit or in a circular course or round an axis or centre.
■ the single completion of an orbit or rotation.
– derivatives
revolutionism noun,
revolutionist noun.
revolutionism noun,
revolutionist noun.
'revolution' also found in these Oxford entries:
ancien régime
- Bolshevik
- commune
- counter-revolution
- democrat
- demoralize
- digital
- émigré
- filibuster
- foment
- Girondist
- green revolution
- Jacobin
- Jacobite
- National Assembly
- palace revolution
- prayer wheel
- red flag
- reformist
- reign of terror
- resonance
- revolutionary
- sans-culotte
- sidereal period
- snap roll
- terror
- Trotskyism
- tumbril
- unsung
- year
Forum discussions with the word(s) "revolution" in the title:
"Sons of the Lucky Charms revolution"
at the time of <the> Russian revolution [article]
come the revolution, it all disappeared and why was that?
Energetic Revolution
He fled the Islamic Revolution
Humanity Revolution / Humanitarian Revolution
lead to revolution
M-learning revolution
Revolution has liberated the country from the bad King who had enslaved the people.
Revolution is different from reformation in that the first is involved in violences while the latter doesn't.
Revolution of new textbook writing style
That/which: a second revolution <that/which> has started
The defining revolution
The invention of laptops is a transformation/revolution...
the most important scientific revolution of them all
The revolution devours its own children
verb + revolution
at the time of <the> Russian revolution [article]
come the revolution, it all disappeared and why was that?
Energetic Revolution
He fled the Islamic Revolution
Humanity Revolution / Humanitarian Revolution
lead to revolution
M-learning revolution
Revolution has liberated the country from the bad King who had enslaved the people.
Revolution is different from reformation in that the first is involved in violences while the latter doesn't.
Revolution of new textbook writing style
That/which: a second revolution <that/which> has started
The defining revolution
The invention of laptops is a transformation/revolution...
the most important scientific revolution of them all
The revolution devours its own children
verb + revolution
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