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Pronunciation: [ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃənˌɪsts] (IPA)

Revolutionists, also commonly referred to as rebels, insurgents or radicals, are individuals or groups who seek to overthrow a government or social order through forceful means. Other synonyms for revolutionists include insurrectionists, agitators, mutineers, dissidents, subversives, and anarchists. These individuals can be motivated by a wide range of political, social, and economic factors, and may seek to bring about change through violence or nonviolent means, such as civil disobedience or organized protests. Regardless of their tactics, revolutionists are often seen as threatening to the established power structure, and are either vilified or celebrated depending on one's political leanings.
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Usage examples for Revolutionists

She had practically no middle class, and her ruling class was rotten, and so the revolutionists had their chance, and they seized it.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
In every civilized nation the Russian revolution has had this effect upon the extreme revolutionists.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
They are manufactured and set afloat by the cowardly revolutionists, who strive in many subtle ways to create a false sentiment against the Emperor.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou

Famous quotes with Revolutionists

  • Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
    Dwight D Eisenhower
  • I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky … by the amount of reading they did, the languages they studied, the range of their plans for a better social order. (Or rather, for a new social order.)
    Dorothy Day
  • The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.
    Will Durant

Related words: revolutionary thinkers, revolutionaries in the 17th century, revolutionists in the 18th century, revolutionary in the 1800s, revolutionary thinkers in the 19th century, revolutionaries in the 1800s

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