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Definisjon av revolution

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Noun
revolution - the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
group action action taken by a group of people
counterrevolution a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution
revolution - a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
alteration, modification, change the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
cultural revolution, great proletarian cultural revolution a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
revolution - 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"
rotation, gyration
turning, turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
clockwise rotation, dextrorotation rotation to the right
counterclockwise rotation, levorotation rotation to the left
axial motion, axial rotation, roll rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
orbital motion, orbital rotation motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"
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Substantiv
revolution - A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
revolution - The removal and replacement of a government.
revolution - Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis.
revolution - A rotation: one complete turn of an object during rotation.
revolution - In the case of celestial celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.
revolution - A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

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  • A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Its use to refer to political change dates from the scientific revolution occasioned by Copernicus' famous De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Aristotle.

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  • revolution
    A single complete turn.
  • revolution
    A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

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