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counterrevolution

[kaun-ter-rev-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˈkaʊn tərˌrɛv əˈlu ʃən /


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While the film frets that the stupids are building an army to overthrow the world, it can’t even bother to come up with a counterrevolution.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Wary of counterrevolution, the patriots were prepared to maintain dominance by whatever means necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Typewriters are at the forefront of an analog counterrevolution against the nagging persistence of connectivity and information technology, in favor of privacy, thoughtfulness, and creativity.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024

The rest of the movie is about the Barbies deploying their political organizing skills and the Kens’ underdeveloped sense of self-awareness to successfully stage a counterrevolution and get their Dreamhouses back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

The poor French here are in hourly expectation of as rapid a counterrevolution as what happened two years ago.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole


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