counterrevolutionary
Opposes radical change
Counterrevolutionary describes opposition to a revolution or its aims, seeking to reverse revolutionary changes and restore the previous order.
As a noun, a counterrevolutionary is a person engaged in such opposition: The regime executed suspected counterrevolutionaries.
The term carries ideological weight—revolutionary governments use it to delegitimize opponents, while those opponents may see themselves as defenders of tradition or stability.
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- monarchistSupporter of kings
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- anti-reformOpposed to change
traditionalist · conservative · rightist · revanchist · orthodox · conformist · regressive · nostalgic
Revolutionary calendar's eleventh month
- ChouannerieBreton royalist insurgency
- émigrésPeople who left their country
- ContrasNicaraguan anti-government fighters
- MensheviksRussian moderate socialist faction
Kuomintang · wreckers · kulaks · Solidarity · Tiananmen
Opposer of established systems
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- opponentOne who contends against
- adversaryEnemy in conflict
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
saboteur · collaborator · traitor · infiltrator · informant · conspirator · plotter · agitator
Eliminate unwanted elements
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
denunciation · blacklist · liquidation · exile · gulag · reeducation · propaganda · censorship
Abrupt seizure of power
- putschForcible government overthrow attempt
- restorationReturning something to condition
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- subversionUndermining established authority
sabotage · conspiracy · insurrection · uprising · rebellion · mutiny · overthrow · sedition
reactionary
Anti-progress political stance
- restorationistOne who returns things to original condition
- monarchistSupporter of kings
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
anti-reform · traditionalist · conservative · rightist · revanchist · orthodox · conformist · regressive · nostalgic · establishment
Thermidor
Revolutionary calendar's eleventh month
- ChouannerieBreton royalist insurgency
- émigrésPeople who left their country
- ContrasNicaraguan anti-government fighters
Mensheviks · Kuomintang · wreckers · kulaks · Solidarity · Tiananmen
dissident
Opposer of established systems
defector · saboteur · collaborator · traitor · infiltrator · informant · conspirator · plotter · agitator · provocateur
purge
Eliminate unwanted elements
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
tribunal · denunciation · blacklist · liquidation · exile · gulag · reeducation · propaganda · censorship · surveillance
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- putschForcible government overthrow attempt
- restorationReturning something to condition
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
subversion · sabotage · conspiracy · insurrection · uprising · rebellion · mutiny · overthrow · sedition · resistance
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, electroencephalograph, internationalization
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Communist ChinaCommunist Party, People's Republic, Great Leap Forward, Gang of Four, Central Committee
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- Soviet Lawcriminal code, penal code, procurator, prosecutor, political crime
- opponentsopponent, adversary, rival, foe, enemy
counterrevolutionaryrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
rebel · insurgent · insurrectionist · Che Guevara · radical
counterrevolutionaryrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
dissident · resistance fighter · mutineer · anti-establishment · reformer
revolution, revolutionary, revolutionize, revolutionist, revolutionized, revolutionizing, counterrevolution, counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution