: opposing or hostile to revolution
Between 1794 and 1799, his army defeated an invasion of tens of thousands of anti-revolutionary British Redcoats.—
Edward E. Baptist
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These anti-revolutionary forces also borrowed heavily from the revolutionary playbook.
—Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
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Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
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“Anti-revolutionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-revolutionary. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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