What does revolutionary mean?

Definitions for revolutionary
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr irev·o·lu·tion·a·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective

    a radical supporter of political or social revolution

  2. revolutionary, radicaladjective

    markedly new or introducing radical change

    "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"

  3. rotatory, revolutionaryadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

  4. revolutionaryadjective

    relating to or having the nature of a revolution

    "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"

  5. revolutionaryadjective

    advocating or engaged in revolution

    "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"

Wiktionary

  1. revolutionarynoun

    A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

  2. revolutionaryadjective

    Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

  3. revolutionaryadjective

    pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset

  4. revolutionaryadjective

    pertaining to something that revolves

  5. Etymology: confer révolutionnaire

ChatGPT

  1. revolutionary

    Revolutionary refers to something that involves or brings about a significant or dramatic change. It may also pertain to ideas, actions, or people that advocate for or are involved in bringing about political or social revolutions. Revolutionary can describe inventions or methods that change the way things are done in a profound way. Additionally, it is used to label someone who supports or participates in a revolution.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Revolutionaryadjective

    of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators

  2. Revolutionarynoun

    a revolutionist

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. rvolutionnaire.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. revolutionary

    Tending or pertaining to a revolution in government; as, a revolutionary war.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'revolutionary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3856

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'revolutionary' in Adjectives Frequency: #517

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of revolutionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of revolutionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of revolutionary in a Sentence

  1. George Will:

    What Donald Trump's revolutionary effect has been [ is ] to make things acceptable that were unthinkable until recently.

  2. Todd McCarthy:

    Unfortunately,' Mockingjay - Part 1' has all the personality of an industrial film, there's not a drop of insolence, insubordination or insurrection running through its veins ; it feels like a manufactured product through and through, ironic and sad given its revolutionary theme.

  3. The FTC:

    Throughout the FTC’s history we have had to adapt our enforcement to changing technology, our obligation is to do what we’ve always done, which is to apply the tools we have to these changing technologies … [and] not be scared off by this idea that this is a new, revolutionary technology.

  4. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

    The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

  5. Another Iranian official:

    The president (Hassan Rouhani) is in favor of this deal because he can fulfill his promises to improve the economy but the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and also the Revolutionary Guards prefer moving towards the East and working with China and Russia instead of the West.

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