[syn: rotatory, revolutionary]
3. relating to or having the nature of a revolution;
- Example: "revolutionary wars"
- Example: "the Revolutionary era"
4. advocating or engaged in revolution;
- Example: "revolutionary pamphlets"
- Example: "a revolutionary junta"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Revolutionary \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F.
r['e]volutionnaire.]
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to,
or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war;
revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Revolutionary \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, n.
A revolutionist. [R.]
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Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a
revolutionary. --Prof.
Wilson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
revolutionary
adj 1: markedly new or introducing radical change; "a
revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" [syn:
revolutionary, radical]
2: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or
orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary]
3: relating to or having the nature of a revolution;
"revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"
4: advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary
pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" [ant:
counterrevolutionary]
n 1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn:
revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive,
subverter]