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Definition of Revolutionary
1. Adjective. Markedly new or introducing radical change. "Radical political views"
2. Noun. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
Specialized synonyms: Counter-revolutionist, Counterrevolutionary, Counterrevolutionist, Dynamiter, Dynamitist, Girondin, Girondist, Freedom Fighter, Insurgent, Insurrectionist, Rebel
Generic synonyms: Radical
Specialized synonyms: Charlotte Corday, Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday D'armont, Danton, Georges Jacques Danton, Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara, Guevara, Mao, Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong, Jean Paul Marat, Marat, Jose Julian Marti, Marti, Karl Marx, Marx, Comte De Mirabeau, Honore-gabriel Victor Riqueti, Mirabeau, Maxmillien Marie Isidore De Robespierre, Robespierre, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Trotsky, Doroteo Arango, Francisco Villa, Pancho Villa, Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Zapata, Chou En-lai, Zhou En-lai
Derivative terms: Revolution, Revolution, Revolutionism, Subversive, Subvert
3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn.
4. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of a revolution. "The Revolutionary era"
5. Adjective. Advocating or engaged in revolution. "A revolutionary junta"
Definition of Revolutionary
1. a. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
2. n. A revolutionist.
Definition of Revolutionary
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators. ¹
2. Adjective. (advertising) pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset ¹
3. Adjective. (sciences) pertaining to something that revolves ¹
4. Noun. A revolutionist; a person who revolts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revolutionary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolutionary
Literary usage of Revolutionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1902)
"GROWTH OF revolutionary PARTIES AND METHODS IN NEW YORK PROVINCE 1765-1774 ...
In reality the anti-British struggle of the early revolutionary period was a ..."
2. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"revolutionary COMMUNISM IN THE UNITED STATES GORDON S. WATKINS University of
Illinois On October 15, 1919, a press dispatch from Buffalo, New York, ..."
3. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"Industrial unionism, as a structural type simply, and even revolutionary industrial
unionism — wherein the industrial organization is animated and guided by ..."
4. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1843)
"A petition of Sarah Smith, heir of Elisha Alfred, a revolutionary soldier, ...
A petition of the heirs of James Reed, a revolutionary soldier, ..."
5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"The Legislative History of Naturalization in the United States from the revolutionary
War to 1861. By Frank George Franklin, ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"On October 10 therefore Saint-Just proposed that " the government be revolutionary
until the peace"; and thus the final step was taken by which the ..."
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