Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 24 compound words that contain revolution. The most common are listed below. Open revolution in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- Industrial RevolutionThe major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture.
- Cultural RevolutionThe Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of Communist China (1966–1976).
- French RevolutionA period in France of radical social and political upheaval which saw the country change from a monarchy (the Ancien Régime) to a republic (1789–1799).
- October RevolutionThe second of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
- surface of revolutionA surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution.
- Green RevolutionThe set of wide-ranging technological changes to agriculture in the 20th century, particularly in developing countries, which allowed for greater food production capacity.
- July RevolutionThe French Revolution of 1830, which led to the July Monarchy.
- colour revolutionAny of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance.
- quiet revolutionA major social or political change attained without violence or significant upheaval.
- Glorious RevolutionThe 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).
- Blue RevolutionThe large-scale proliferation of aquaculture in the late 20th century.
- November RevolutionThe series of changes in particle physics triggered by the discovery of the charm quark in November 1974.
- White RevolutionA series of wide-reaching reforms to end feudalism and modernize Iran that lasted from 1963 to 1979.
- sexual revolutionA period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
- solid of revolutionA solid produced by taking a particular two-dimensional curve and rotating it through 360° about an axis. The curve will sweep out a surface, and the region inside the surface defines a solid.
- long live the revolution
- Neolithic Revolutionthe discovery of agriculture
- Velvet RevolutionAny non-violent political revolution, especially the events in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce.
- democratic revolutionA revolution in which a democracy is instituted, replacing a previous non-democratic government, or a revolution which is brought about through democratic means, usually without violence.
- Carnation RevolutionA revolution and military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the colonialist and authoritarian Estado Novo on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal, leading to major cultural and political changes.
- surfaces of revolutionplural of surface of revolution: A surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution.
- American RevolutionThe American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland.
- February RevolutionThe first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
- March RevolutionIn the Julian calendar, the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia (the Gregorian calendar was adopted after the October Revolution).
- Rose RevolutionA change of power in Georgia in November 2003, brought about by widespread protests over disputed parliamentary elections, culminating in the ousting of President Eduard Shevardnadze and the end of Soviet leadership.
Compound words 24
- revolutionaryOf or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
- revolutionizeTo radically or significantly change, as in a revolution.
- revolutioneerOne who revolts or who does something revolutionary; revolutionist.
- revolutionismThe state of being in revolution or a revolutionist.
- coupvolutionAn instance of regime change in support of a revolutionary movement against an existing government.
- nonrevolutionAbsence or failure of political revolution.
- postrevolutionOccurring after a period of revolution.
- prerevolutionOccurring before a period of revolution.
- pseudorevolutionA political event resembling, but not actually, a revolution.
- robolutionThe design and manufacture of revolutionary forms of robots.