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   revolution

   /ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system: "the country has had a socialist revolution" Similar rebellionrevoltinsurrectionmutinyuprisingriotriotingrisinginsurgenceinsurgencycoupoverthrowseizure of powerregime changesubversionseditionanarchydisorderproteststrikeact of resistanceact of defiancecoup d'étatputschrare:jacquerie
   • ▪ (in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism: "when I grew up it was the Marxism that was very strong, it was like the revolution was coming next week"
   • ▪ a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation: "marketing underwent a revolution" Similar dramatic changeradical changedrastic/radical alterationcomplete shiftsea changemetamorphosistransformationconversioninnovationbreakawayreorganizationrestructuringreformationremodellingrearrangementreorientationregroupingredistributionupheavalupsetdisruptionconvulsionscataclysminformal:shake-upshakedownhumorous:transmogrification
   • 2. an instance of revolving: "one revolution a second" Similar single turnturnrotationcirclewhirltwirlspinwheelrollroundcyclecircuitlap
   • ▪ the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or centre: "revolution about the axis of rotation" Similar turninggyrationrotationcircumrotationwheelingturning aroundcirclingwhirlingtwirlingspinningswivellingrollingorbital motionorbitingorbitrare:circumgyration
   • ▪ a single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or centre: "near the solar equator the sun takes about 26 days to complete one revolution"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’ (see revolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. revolutionism noun
   • 2. revolutionist noun

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   • The meanings of rebellion and revolution largely overlap; however, rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful. // o...
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