counterrevolutionary

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But he brings out the idiosyncratic joys of the Mets roster—even its counterrevolutionary cliques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The charges were similarly absurd, that he had been a member of a counterrevolutionary organization and sabotaged the collective farm’s work.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counterrevolutionary criminals.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

As one counterrevolutionary says, “I refuse to ignore individual lives for the sake of the superb and irrepressible unfolding of History.”

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021

“He might have confessed he visited us. Maybe that’s what they meant when they said they already had the information. They could say we were establishing counterrevolutionary ties.”

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang