nonrevolution

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noun

Absence or failure of political revolution.

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Meanings

nounnonrevolution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence or failure of political revolution.

    Winik’s second story line, which advances a more unconventional claim, is that the revolutions in America and France, and the nonrevolution or reaction in Russia, were all of a piece, that they represented different enactments of the same overarching plot.

    2007 September 30, Joseph Ellis, “Revolutionary Road”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + revolution.

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nonrevolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrevolution

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“nonrevolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrevolution. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonrevolution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrevolution.

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