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Recent Examples of counterrevolution
The revolution—and counterrevolutions across Europe—would speed the formation of nation-states in the nineteenth century.
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Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Elie’s masterful survey is a group portrait of artists and their fellow travelers who participated during a bloody crossroads in American life, when Ronald Reagan’s ascension to the White House in 1980 collapsed the walls between church and state, sparking a counterrevolution across the arts.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Of course, abrupt revolutions or counterrevolutions are a recurrent theme of history.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 May 2025
This counterrevolution also overturned social balances established at the founding.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Elie’s masterful survey is a group portrait of artists and their fellow travelers who participated during a bloody crossroads in American life, when Ronald Reagan’s ascension to the White House in 1980 collapsed the walls between church and state, sparking a counterrevolution across the arts.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Of course, abrupt revolutions or counterrevolutions are a recurrent theme of history.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 May 2025
This counterrevolution also overturned social balances established at the founding.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterrevolution
counterinsurgency
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Airpower became a supporting arm for counterinsurgency operations rather than a primary instrument for achieving strategic and operational level effects.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Even if boots could be put on the ground, counterinsurgency is difficult, particularly in an urban environment, and requires aggressive rules of engagement, skilled forces, and a willingness to take casualties—a rare combination in the best of circumstances.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Counterrevolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrevolution. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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