counterrevolution
Overthrowing the overthrowers
A counterrevolution is a movement to reverse the effects of a previous revolution, typically seeking to restore the former order or regime.
The term implies organized resistance to revolutionary change: The counterrevolution sought to reinstate the monarchy.
It can also describe any backlash against radical transformation: a cultural counterrevolution against the reforms of the 1960s.
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- royalistAdvocate for hereditary sovereignty
- monarchistSupporter of kings
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
conservative · clericalism · absolutism · feudalism · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · despotism · autocracy
Active resistance or dissent
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- reactionResponse to stimulus
reversal · obstruction · subversion · dismantling · undermining · destabilization · overthrow · toppling
Forcible prevention or concealment
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- martial lawArmed forces governance
curfew · censorship · propaganda · infiltration · assassination · paramilitary · death squad · secret police
reactionary
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- royalistAdvocate for hereditary sovereignty
- monarchistSupporter of kings
traditionalist · conservative · clericalism · absolutism · feudalism · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · despotism · autocracy · theocracy
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
reaction · reversal · obstruction · subversion · dismantling · undermining · destabilization · overthrow · toppling · regime change
suppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
martial law · curfew · censorship · propaganda · infiltration · assassination · paramilitary · death squad · secret police · surveillance
Bourbon Restoration
Monarchs regaining French power
- White TerrorReactionary political mass killings
- ContrasNicaraguan anti-government fighters
- Prague Spring1968 Czechoslovak reform period
Tiananmen · Pinochet · Franco · Batista · Shah · Romanov · emigré · exile · diaspora
- Revolutionrevolt, uprising, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries
- countercountertop, counterbalance, counteract, counterattack, counterpart
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, Marie Antoinette, Jacobins
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
- radicalismradical, extremism, radicalism, militancy, fanaticism
counterrevolutionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
revolutionary movement · insurrection · rebellion · social revolution · liberation movement
counterrevolutionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
radical transformation · social progress · emancipation · reform · modernization