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Recent Examples of counterrevolution
Of course, abrupt revolutions or counterrevolutions are a recurrent theme of history.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterrevolution
counterinsurgency
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To beat back the rebels, President Omar al-Bashir licensed a local militia to wage a counterinsurgency on the cheap.—
Alex de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Nov. 2025
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Both men were leaders of a counterinsurgency against an uprising in the region, a conflict that in 2005 led to the longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir becoming the world’s first sitting leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of genocide.—
Sara Monetta,
NBC news,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Counterrevolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrevolution. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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