revolutionary zeal
Fiery change-seeking spirit
Revolutionary zeal is passionate, urgent commitment to radical political or social change.
The phrase suggests fervor that brooks no compromise—the kind of intensity that drives people to overthrow governments, tear down institutions, or sacrifice personal comfort for a cause.
The movement's revolutionary zeal faded as its leaders aged into pragmatists.
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- Jacobin1790s French extremist
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- suffragetteMilitant women's voting advocate
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
abolitionist · passion · radicalism · utopianism · hearts and minds · seize the day · idealism · rebellion · solidarity · activism · agitation · feminist pioneer · protest · socialism · commitment · guerrilla fighter · movement · egalitarianism
revolutionary zealcomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
apathy · indifference · passivity · lethargy · resignation
revolutionary zealgradualism
Philosophy of incremental change
incrementalism · reformism · moderation · evolutionary change · patience
revolutionary zealconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
traditionalism · preservation · monarchism · orthodoxy · preservationism
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