pseudorevolution

noun

A political event resembling, but not actually, a revolution.

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Meanings

nounpseudorevolution (countable and uncountable, plural pseudorevolutions)

plural pseudorevolutions

  1. countableuncountableA political event resembling, but not actually, a revolution.

    Never mind if it takes three weeks to ship oil to China and three days to the United States: Chávez wants to parlay his petrorevenue and pseudorevolution into a global anti-American role.

    2007 December 3, Roger Cohen, “The Limits of 21st-Century Revolution”, in New York Times

Origin

From pseudo- + revolution.

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APA

pseudorevolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudorevolution

MLA

“pseudorevolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudorevolution. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudorevolution,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudorevolution.

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