revolutionary
/ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
adj
Of or pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
adj
Of or pertaining to something that revolves.
noun
A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
Example Sentences
- "revolutionary war"
- "revolutionary measures"
- "revolutionary agitators"
- "In 1885, one hundred and ten years after the American Declaration of Independence, a young Chinese medical doctor named Sun Yat-sen began preaching his revolutionary principles. Ten years later, in 1895, he founded in Honolulu the first Chinese revolutionary party with what then must have seemed an unbelievably ambitious aim of overthrowing the monarchical system of government which had been in continuous existence in China for forty centuries."
- "a revolutionary new tool"
- ""The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/
- British English: /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/