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- Dictionaryrevolutionary/ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃən(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. involving or causing a complete or dramatic change: "a revolutionary new drug" Similar Opposite
- 2. engaged in or promoting political revolution: "the revolutionary army" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a person who advocates or engages in political revolution.
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6 days ago · The American Revolution ended an age—an age of monarchy. And, it began a new age—an age of freedom. As a result of the growing wave started by the Revolution, there are now more people around the world living in freedom than ever before, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the world's population. [219] [220] [221] [222]
Oct 28, 2024 · Enlightenment, a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent in the West and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics.
6 days ago · The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The revolution was the culmination of a decade of agitation, revolts, and uprisings.
Oct 28, 2024 · Maximilien Robespierre, radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793 he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 he was overthrown and executed.
Oct 27, 2024 · Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century.
Oct 29, 2024 · The New Revolutionary Class. No power on earth is more fearsome than a highly educated class that faces a constrained, even dismal, future. Such people have played a role in revolutionary upheavals in Europe, Russia, and Latin America—and could potentially do so here in the United States. The key to radical agitation lies in what one Marxist ...
Oct 27, 2024 · The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871.
Oct 27, 2024 · noun. the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689) synonyms: Bloodless Revolution, English Revolution. see more.
Oct 29, 2024 · By wearing the chadur during the revolution women were accomplishing multiple, individually defined goals. They were mourning the martyrs of their regime, expressing their discontent with the Pahlavi government and expressing their support of the Islamic Republic, among other things.
Oct 26, 2024 · Iranian Revolution, popular uprising in 1978–79 that resulted in the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic. It came about as the culmination of decades of popular discontent mixed with economic turmoil and an increasingly repressive regime.
