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counterrevolutionary

noun, adjective

counterrevolutionary is spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R-R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y: 20 letters and 8 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, counterrevolutionary means “Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of counterrevolutionary is counterrevolutionaries.

How many letters and syllables are in counterrevolutionary?

Letters20: C-O-U-N-T-E-R-R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y
Syllables8 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is counterrevolutionary?

Counterrevolutionary appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce counterrevolutionary?

  • US

Counterrevolutionary has 8 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-counterrevolutionary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with counterrevolutionary

Also written: counter-revolutionary (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of counterrevolutionary

  • counter-revolutionary
  • more counterrevolutionary comparative
  • most counterrevolutionary superlative
  • counterrevolutionaries plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does counterrevolutionary mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Marked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.

  2. 2

    A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.

adjective

  1. 1

    In opposition to a revolution.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Counterrevolutionary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcontre-révolutionnaire (in opposition to a revolution)
Germankonterrevolutionär (in opposition to a revolution), Konterrevolutionär, Konterrevolutionärin (person who opposes a revolution)
Spanishantirrevolucionario, contrarrevolucionario (in opposition to a revolution), contrarevolucionario (person who opposes a revolution)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does counterrevolutionary come from?

From counter- + revolutionary. Originally applied to thinkers who opposed themselves to the 1789 French Revolution.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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