What does revolutionary mean?
Definitions for revolutionary
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr irev·o·lu·tion·a·ry
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word revolutionary.
Princeton's WordNet
revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective
a radical supporter of political or social revolution
revolutionary, radicaladjective
markedly new or introducing radical change
"a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
rotatory, revolutionaryadjective
of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
revolutionaryadjective
relating to or having the nature of a revolution
"revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"
revolutionaryadjective
advocating or engaged in revolution
"revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"
Wiktionary
revolutionarynoun
A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
revolutionaryadjective
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
revolutionaryadjective
pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
revolutionaryadjective
pertaining to something that revolves
Etymology: confer révolutionnaire
Webster Dictionary
Revolutionaryadjective
of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators
Revolutionarynoun
a revolutionist
Etymology: [Cf. F. rvolutionnaire.]
Freebase
Revolutionary
A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
revolutionary
Tending or pertaining to a revolution in government; as, a revolutionary war.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'revolutionary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3856
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'revolutionary' in Adjectives Frequency: #517
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of revolutionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of revolutionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of revolutionary in a Sentence
Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks, including shooting down of President Donald Trump drones, the supreme leader of Iran is one who ultimately is responsible of the hostile conduct of the regime. He's respected within his country. His office oversees the regime's most brutal instruments including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
There are two ways of resisting war: the legal way and the revolutionary way. The legal way involves the offer of alternatinve service not as a privilege for a few but as a right for all. The revolutionary view involves an uncompromising resistance, with a view to breaking the power of militarism in time of peace or the resources of the state in time of war.
This is a first, i am thrilled to be able to offer this revolutionary therapy to our patients.
We still do not know what charges the Iranian authorities have brought against our correspondent Jason Rezaian, but we hope the referral of his case to a Revolutionary Court represents a step forward toward Jason’s prompt release, this step gives Iran’s judiciary an opportunity to demonstrate its fairness and independence by determining that the charges are baseless.
The brave thing is not so much to support the person who does the revolutionary thing. The brave thing is to actually step up and do the revolutionary thing.
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- revolucionariCatalan, Valencian
- revoluční, revolucionářCzech
- revolutionærDanish
- revolutionär, RevolutionärinGerman
- επαναστατικόςGreek
- revoluciaEsperanto
- revolucionaria, revolucionarioSpanish
- vallankumouksellinenFinnish
- révolutionnaireFrench
- rèabhlaideachScottish Gaelic
- forradalmi, forradalmárHungarian
- revolusionerIndonesian
- rivoluzionarioItalian
- מהפכניתHebrew
- 革命家, 革命的Japanese
- ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರಿKannada
- 혁명가Korean
- شۆڕشگێڕKurdish
- rerumLatin
- revoliucionierė, revoliucinė, revoliucingas, revoliucionierius, revoliucinga, revoliucinisLithuanian
- revolucionāra, revolucionārs, revolucionāreLatvian
- kaiwhakatuma, kaiwhanaMāori
- revolutionair, baanbrekendDutch
- revolusjonærNorwegian Nynorsk
- revolusjonærNorwegian
- rewolucjonistka, rewolucyjny, rewolucjonistaPolish
- revolucionárioPortuguese
- revoluționarRomanian
- революционный, революционер, революционеркаRussian
- revolutionär, banbrytandeSwedish
- புரட்சிகரTamil
- революційнийUkrainian
- nhà cách mạngVietnamese
- jilevolutanik, levolutanik, jilevolutan, hilevolutan, levolutik, hilevolutanik, levolutanVolapük
- רעוואלוציאנערYiddish
- 革命的Chinese
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