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-A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system: the country has had a socialist revolution

-(often the Revolution) (In Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism

-A dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation:

-An instance of revolving

 

- [MASS NOUN] The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or centre:

revolution about the axis of rotation

- A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or centre:

near the solar equator the sun takes about 26 days to complete one revolution

 

[SYNONYMS]

-Ex: the French Revolution

rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, rioting, rising, insurgence, insurgency, coup, overthrow, seizure of power, regime change; subversion, sedition, anarchy, disorder, protest, strike, act of resistance, act of defiance;

French: coup d'état; German: putsch, Rare: jacquerie

 

-Ex: there has been a revolution in printing techniques

dramatic change, radical change, drastic/radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway; reorganization, restructuring, reformation, remodelling, rearrangement, reorientation, regrouping, redistribution; upheaval, upset, disruption, convulsions, cataclysm, informal: shake-up

 

-Ex: the prop shaft turns 4.7 times for one revolution of a road wheel

single turn, turn, rotation, circle, whirl, twirl, spin, wheel, roll, round, cycle, circuit, lap

 

-Ex: the rate of revolution of the earth

turning, gyration, rotation, circumrotation, wheeling, turning around, circling, whirling, twirling, spinning, swivelling, rolling, orbital motion, orbiting, orbit