counter-revolution
Overthrow the overthrowers
A counter-revolution is a movement to reverse or undo a revolution, typically seeking to restore the previous political order.
Counter-revolutionaries may use force, propaganda, or political maneuvering to overthrow a revolutionary government: The counter-revolution aimed to reinstate the monarchy.
The term often carries ideological weight—revolutionaries use it to delegitimize opponents.
Supporters of hereditary rule
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
émigrés · Contras · mujahideen · fedayeen · junta · collaborators · defectors · counterrevolutionaries
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationReturning something to condition
- monarchismAdvocacy for royal sovereignty
- loyalismAllegiance to established authority
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
conservatism · orthodoxy · clericalism · ancien régime · tsarism · autocracy · royalism · status quo
Strong negative reaction
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
mutiny · struggle · depose · overturn · usurpation · power grab · secession · rebellion
Violent government seizure
- putschForcible government overthrow attempt
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
underground · subversion · sedition · fifth column · stratagem · infiltration · propaganda · martial law
royalists
Supporters of hereditary rule
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
dissidents · émigrés · Contras · mujahideen · fedayeen · junta · collaborators · defectors · counterrevolutionaries · restorationists
reactionary
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationReturning something to condition
- monarchismAdvocacy for royal sovereignty
- loyalismAllegiance to established authority
traditionalism · conservatism · orthodoxy · clericalism · ancien régime · tsarism · autocracy · royalism · status quo · establishment
backlash
Strong negative reaction
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
resistance · mutiny · struggle · depose · overturn · usurpation · power grab · secession · rebellion · intervention
coup d'état
Violent government seizure
- putschForcible government overthrow attempt
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
clandestine · underground · subversion · sedition · fifth column · stratagem · infiltration · propaganda · martial law · suppression
- Revolutionuprising, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries, rebellion
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, Marie Antoinette, Jacobins
- 1848 RevolutionsRoman Republic, Marx, Karl Marx, Engels, Garibaldi
- East German crimesborder crossing, defection, escape attempts, Stasi, political crimes
- Vendee WarsChouannerie, blue army, Nantes, Loire, memorial sites
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
counter-revolutionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
revolutionary movement · uprising · insurrection · popular uprising · social revolution
counter-revolutionprogressive movement
Effort toward social advancement
reform movement · revolutionary change · social progress · emancipation · liberation
counter-revolutionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
progressivism · radicalism · reformism · social revolution · political revolution