revolution
see also: Revolution
Etymology
Revolution
Proper noun
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see also: Revolution
Etymology
From Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō ("the act of revolving; revolution"), from Latin revolvō.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən/
revolution
- A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (antonym(s) of “sudden, vast change”): evolution
- French: révolution
- German: Revolution
- Italian: rivoluzione
- Portuguese: revolução
- Russian: револю́ция
- Spanish: revolución
- French: révolution, coup d'état
- German: Revolution
- Italian: rivoluzione
- Portuguese: revolução
- Russian: револю́ция
- Spanish: revolución
- French: tour, révolution
- German: Umdrehung
- Portuguese: revolução, rotação, giro
- Russian: враще́ние
- Spanish: revolución
- German: Revolution
- Portuguese: revolução
- Russian: револю́ция
Revolution
Proper noun
- Ellipsis of American Revolution
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