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revolution

Definition

  • noun: the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one
  • noun: the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course
  • synonyms: fabianism, about-face, accommodation

Examples

  • The growth of the middle class forced a social 'revolution'. [=a major change in society]

  • the computer 'revolution' [=the changes created by the widespread use of computers]

  • The period of 'revolution' of the Earth around the Sun is equal to one year.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Are you coming in? No? Okay. Bye. Here, Bo, I got that. Go talk to 'em. We got time. Ask her what she thinks of the working people creating an armed revolution against the exploiting classes and their state structures? Well, Marxists can be just as genocidal as capitalists. Or whether or not she's (..)
    2016 Captain Fantastic