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as in radical
being very far from the center of public opinion
a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
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as in insurgent
taking part in a rebellion
revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital
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as in rebel
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries
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as in revolutionist
a person who rises up against authority
at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries
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Recent Examples of revolutionary
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Still, launching a web browser feels out of sync with the way OpenAI fashions itself as a revolutionary AI lab, not a traditional tech company.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Peter Bart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Is this focus a consequence of the documents and interview subjects available to you, or is the Revolution best understood by studying its principal revolutionaries?
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Or was a Revolution led by the revolutionary Thomas Müntzer (East)?
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Still, launching a web browser feels out of sync with the way OpenAI fashions itself as a revolutionary AI lab, not a traditional tech company.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
Anderson’s chaotic but intensely touching father-daughter saga is set against a cluttered canvas of revolutionaries, cultists and political hustlers.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Is this focus a consequence of the documents and interview subjects available to you, or is the Revolution best understood by studying its principal revolutionaries?
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolutionary
Adjective
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These more radical communities are heavily fragmented yet increasingly popular.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Today, as a government shutdown darkens our national museums and the National Endowment for the Humanities is gutted, the danger is no longer a matter of rhetoric but of radical, systemic action.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Although some analysts have suggested Starmer may quietly be pleased with the resignation of his main rival and potential successor, the toppling of Rayner caps off what has been a dreadful summer for Labour, in which the party has lost more ground in the polls to the insurgent Reform UK.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Mamdani’s victory in the financial capital of the world was seen as a galvanizing moment for the progressive wing of the party and a sign of an insurgent mood among its base.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
10 Aug. 2025
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Hegseth likened the Colombian rebel group to the al Qaeda terror group founded by Usama bin Laden in Afghanistan.—
Greg Norman , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Romans were masters at using rewards and punishment to manage foreign states, from grants of citizenship to massacres of rebels.—
Barry Strauss,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In Julius Caesar Shakespeare demonstrates the extreme consequences of a lack of due process.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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For extreme pickle lovers, Jimmy John's is also offering the Triple Pickle, a meal deal that features your choice of Picklewich, Pickle Jimmy Chips, and Pickle Ranch.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to the researchers, teenage men tend to favor intense, rebellious genres that fuel identity and independence in a phase that peaks early.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the couple have yet to conceive an heir, so when Jerome absconds and his dashing friend Manfred (Galitzine) arrives with dastardly intentions, Hero (Corrin), Cherry’s wily and loyal maid, is forced to concoct a plan to distract Manfred by telling captivating stories about rebellious women.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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The collection drew inspiration from two seemingly distant sources: a still-life painting of a shirt collar by Joe Brainard, the prolific 1960s New York writer and artist, and a short story by Yu Dafu, the early 20th-century Chinese author and revolutionist.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a country shackled and scarred by race, religion, gender, and class, much of that rationalized and reified by mainline American churches, the Disciples were genial revolutionists offering inclusion, education, and empowerment for those at the margins.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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Extremist or hate group recruitment Alarmingly, violent extremists are taking advantage of open platforms like Discord, using it as a recruiting ground for vulnerable and unsuspecting users.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
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The extremists are insulting you every single day.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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That was the stance of Jacques Ellul, another Christian anarchist.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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More so than Miloš Forman’s 1981 film adaptation, the musical honors Doctorow’s splendid conceit of placing real-life historical figures – the anarchist Emma Goldman, the illusionist Harry Houdini, the scandalous vaudeville star Evelyn Nesbit – into the fictional world of Ragtime.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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