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
For me it's the combination of tokenization and the smart contract that I think is really revolutionary, if you get into other asset classes that are dependent on legal contracts, then typically they take a long time to settle. That's a massive inefficiency.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
If true, it’s revolutionary, for decades, we’ve known of four fundamental forces: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe, with consequences for the unification of forces and dark matter.
We are not trying to be revolutionary here.
They conceived it as not just having new systems on board, but alternating the shape of the hull and how it was going to move through the water, that was truly revolutionary.
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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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