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as in radical
being very far from the center of public opinion
a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
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as in insurgent
taking part in a rebellion
revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital
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as in rebel
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries
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as in revolutionist
a person who rises up against authority
at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Recent Examples of revolutionary
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
But this budget is more rhetorical than revolutionary.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
The movie follows Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a down-and-out former revolutionary who is in desperate search for his missing daughter.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Venturing into the underground sanctuary of The Warehouse, where Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with Jesse Saunders to form Z Factor, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the pulse of Chicago’s underground on wax.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
But this budget is more rhetorical than revolutionary.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Noun
The film finds DiCaprio playing a hard-living revolutionary who is trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
The movie follows Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a down-and-out former revolutionary who is in desperate search for his missing daughter.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionary
Adjective
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Stellantis is currently leaderless, in financial difficulties and under great pressure to make some radical changes.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Kamran has taken radical stances of her own.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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Burrows' win marks a defeat for the insurgent right wing of the GOP that eschewed working with Democrats.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Despite all their years of playing cat-and-mouse, Diego Luna’s rebel spy Cassian Andor and Kyle Soller‘s Empire agent Syril Karn have never had much screen time together — until now.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 May 2025
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Israel has repeatedly targeted the rebels in Yemen.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Thriving after having faced extreme adversity is core to Marine Electric Systems culture, and to the US Navy itself.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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That menagerie is a bit extreme for a race car driver, but van Gisbergen isn’t the only animal lover on the NASCAR circuit.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Still, Adams failed to outright ask the most important questions: Were Canadians ever willing to join the rebellious Thirteen Colonies?—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Libra: Marge Simpson from The Simpsons Only a Libra mother could calmly and miraculously put up with the shenanigans that her three rebellious children cause.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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In a country shackled and scarred by race, religion, gender, and class, much of that rationalized and reified by mainline American churches, the Disciples were genial revolutionists offering inclusion, education, and empowerment for those at the margins.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.—
Stephen Biddle,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Not all of us in the anti-globalist crowd were pot-smoking anarchists.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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Italy's special police unit Digos is leading an investigation looking into the possibility that anarchists set fire to the cars on the eastern outskirts of the Italian capital, a security source said.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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One of them, Pope Leo XIII, elected in 1878, was known as a reformer.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Supporter Arguments Proponents, including fiscal conservatives and some higher education reformers, argue that unlimited federal lending for graduate education has enabled program cost inflation and encouraged students to pursue degrees with questionable return on investment.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolutionary. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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