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Definition of Revolutionary
Revolutionary

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

A revolutionist.

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Revolutionary Quotations

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
Abraham Lincoln

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Revolutionary Translations

revolutionary in Dutch is revolutionair
revolutionary in Spanish is revolucionario


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