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revolution
 
Noun revolution has 3 senses
  1. revolution - a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
    --1 is a kind of     change, alteration, modification
    --1 has particulars:
     Cultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; green revolution
    Derived forms: verb revolutionize3, verb revolutionize1, verb revolutionise1, verb revolutionise2
  2. revolution - the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
    --2 is a kind of     group action
    --2 has particulars:
     counterrevolution; American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, War of American Independence, American War of Independence; Chinese Revolution; Cuban Revolution; English Revolution, Glorious Revolution, Bloodless Revolution; French Revolution; Mexican Revolution; Russian Revolution, February Revolution
    Derived form: verb revolutionize2
  3. rotation, revolution, gyration - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
    --3 is a kind of turning, turn
    --3 has particulars:
     dextrorotation, clockwise rotation; levorotation, counterclockwise rotation; axial rotation, axial motion, roll; orbital rotation, orbital motion; spin
    Derived forms: verb revolve2, verb revolve1
revolted revolted by revolting revoltingly revoltion revolts revolunise revolusion revolution revolutional revolutionalise revolutionalize revolutionaries revolutionariness revolutionary revolutionary armed forces of colombia revolutionary calendar

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