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unrevolutionary

Definition of unrevolutionarynext

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Recent Examples of unrevolutionary Its very orderliness, unrevolutionary nature seems to have won the Velvet Revolution a solid chance of sustaining its success and building a fortress of democracy in a region dominated by antidemocratic regimes. Tom Ball, The New Republic, 1 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrevolutionary
nonrevolutionary
Adjective
  • Their school, an extension of conversations held in their kitchen, was designed to achieve that single, nonrevolutionary goal.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But during the Cultural Revolution the genre was banned, along with other nonrevolutionary literature, and even science itself was subjected to ideological-purity tests.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019

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“Unrevolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrevolutionary. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.

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