nonrevolutionary

adjective

non·rev·o·lu·tion·ary | \ ˌnän-ˌre-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē

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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

Examples of nonrevolutionary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But during the Cultural Revolution the genre was banned, along with other nonrevolutionary literature, and even science itself was subjected to ideological-purity tests. — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019

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“Nonrevolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonrevolutionary. Accessed 4 Jul. 2022.

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