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Recent Examples of counterrevolution
Thiel evinced an affinity for the German jurist Carl Schmitt—one of the Nazi luminaries, along with Heidegger, of the anti-liberal counterrevolution.
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 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
The Thatcher-Reagan neoliberal counterrevolution combined with reactionary populist anti-intellectualism to seemingly seal the ivory tower’s fate—and to attack universities as bastions of campus revolt and as alternative centers of civil society.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Jan. 2025
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 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
The Thatcher-Reagan neoliberal counterrevolution combined with reactionary populist anti-intellectualism to seemingly seal the ivory tower’s fate—and to attack universities as bastions of campus revolt and as alternative centers of civil society.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterrevolution
counterinsurgency
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But establishment counterinsurgency campaigns are not necessarily successful.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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