All counter-revolution synonyms
count·er-rev·o·lu·tion
C c noun counter-revolution
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- counterrevolution — A counterrevolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- retrenchment — the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
- right wing — members of a conservative or reactionary political party, or those opposing extensive political reform.
- status quo — the existing state or condition.
- toryism — the act or fact of being a Tory.