Definition of nonrevolutionary
: not revolutionary: such as
a
: not of, relating to, or constituting a revolution
- a nonrevolutionary era
- Even by nonrevolutionary standards, riots in England were not all that riotous, as another historian has observed.
- —Gertrude Himmelfarb
b
: not favoring or promoting revolution
- nonrevolutionary middle class attitudes
c
: not constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change
- a welcome but nonrevolutionary innovation
