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   revolutionary

   /ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃən(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. involving or causing a complete or dramatic change: "a revolutionary new drug" Similar thoroughgoingthoroughcompletetotalentireabsoluteuttercomprehensiveexhaustivesweepingfar-reachingwide-rangingextensiveprofounddrasticsevereseriousmajordesperatestringentviolentforcefulrigorousdraconiannewnoveloriginalunusualunfamiliarunconventionalunorthodoxoff-centredifferentfreshimaginativecreativeinnovativeinnovatoryinnovationalinventiveingeniousmodernultra-modernstate-of-the-artadvancedavant-gardefuturisticpioneeringgroundbreakingtrailblazingdisruptiverareuniquesingularunprecedenteduncommonexperimentaluntesteduntriedunknownsurprisingstrangeexoticout of the ordinarynewfangledleft-fieldrare:unhackneyednew-fashionedneotericOpposite conventionalorthodox
   • 2. engaged in or promoting political revolution: "the revolutionary army" Similar rebelliousrebelinsurgentriotingmutinousmutinyingrenegadeinsurrectionaryseditiousfactiousinsubordinatesubversiverabble-rousinginflammatoryagitationalextremistanarchicrare:revoltinginsurrectionistOpposite moderatelaw-abiding
   • ▪ relating to a particular revolution, especially the War of American Independence.

   noun

   • 1. a person who advocates or engages in political revolution.

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