counterrevolution

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Recent Examples of counterrevolution Of course, abrupt revolutions or counterrevolutions are a recurrent theme of history. Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 May 2025 This time around, some of the most influential figures in Trump’s court have commitments to the anti-liberal counterrevolution: Vice President J. D. Vance, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., and Tucker Carlson, to name a few. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025 These choices take command of the struggle against any possible counterrevolution. Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025 This counterrevolution also overturned social balances established at the founding. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for counterrevolution
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counterinsurgency
Noun
  • But establishment counterinsurgency campaigns are not necessarily successful.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • Over the past few decades, a counterinsurgency has taken root in America, pushing back against factory farms and overprocessed food: a recognition that the journey from farm to table is usually industrialized and impersonal.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 June 2025

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“Counterrevolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrevolution. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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