counterrevolutionaryism

noun

The activity or beliefs of a counterrevolutionary.

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Meanings

nouncounterrevolutionaryism (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe activity or beliefs of a counterrevolutionary.

    The 1770s and 1780s saw the fierce renewal of the campaign to regulate alehouses, even before the intense counterrevolutionaryism of the 1790s.

    1992, GJ Barker-Benfield, The Culture of Sensibility, University of Chicago, published 1996, section 58

Origin

From counterrevolutionary + -ism.

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counterrevolutionaryism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrevolutionaryism

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“counterrevolutionaryism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrevolutionaryism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterrevolutionaryism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrevolutionaryism.

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