revolutionary

1. A radical supporter of political or social revolution (synset 110546909)
   is a type of: radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
   subtypes:

   • counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist - a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
   • dynamiter, dynamitist - a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
   • girondin, girondist - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
   • freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
   specific instances:

   • charlotte corday, corday, marie anne charlotte corday d'armont - French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)
   • danton, georges jacques danton - French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
   • che guevara, ernesto guevara, guevara - an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967)
   • mao, mao tsetung, mao zedong - Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
   • jean paul marat, marat - French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)
   • jose julian marti, marti - Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)
   • karl marx, marx - founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
   • comte de mirabeau, honore-gabriel victor riqueti, mirabeau - French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
   • maxmillien marie isidore de robespierre, robespierre - French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
   • leon trotsky, lev davidovich bronstein, trotsky - Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
   • doroteo arango, francisco villa, pancho villa, villa - Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
   • emiliano zapata, zapata - Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)
   • chou en-lai, zhou en-lai - Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976)
   same as: revolutionist, subversive, subverter

1. Markedly new or introducing radical change (synset 301647099)
   "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
   similar to: new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
   same as: radical
2. Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn (synset 302951256)
   same as: rotatory
3. Relating to or having the nature of a revolution (synset 302846366)
   "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"
4. Advocating or engaged in revolution (synset 302022452)
   "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"

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