Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permanent revolution

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: per-ma-nen-t rev-o-lu-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The status of a revolutionary class where it continues to push for and achieve its interests despite the political dominance of those with opposing interests.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The theory that socialism can be obtained without the country first experiencing a period of capitalism. The revolution must furthermore become an agent for other anticapitalist revolutions around the globe, in part to secure the revolution abroad.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Trotsky was led by the events of 1905 to formulate his theory of permanent revolution more precisely, arguing that a Russian revolution must at once evolve into a socialist phase and that it could touch off a socialist upheaval in the West."

Usage

Inflected Forms

permanent revolutions (plural)

Antonyms

stagism

Questions

What does permanent revolution mean?: The status of a revolutionary class where it continues to push for and achieve its interests despite the political dominance of those with opposing interests.

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