pseudorevolution

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ revolution.

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Noun

pseudorevolution (countable and uncountable, plural pseudorevolutions)

1. A political event resembling, but not actually, a revolution.
   • 2007 December 3, Roger Cohen, “The Limits of 21st-Century Revolution”, in New York Times‎:

     Never mind if it takes three weeks to ship oil to China and three days to the United States: Chávez wants to parlay his petrorevenue and pseudorevolution into a global anti-American role.

Related terms

• pseudorevolutionary