revolutionary

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• IPA ^(key): /ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɛri/

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Adjective

Positive revolutionary

Comparative more revolutionary

Superlative most revolutionary

1. If something is revolutionary, it causes great change.

   Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was revolutionary.

2. If something is revolutionary, it is relating to a revolution: a war against a government by its country's own people.

   The people were filled with revolutionary fervor.

Noun

Singular revolutionary

Plural revolutionaries

1. (countable) A revolutionary is a person who is involved in a revolution or who wants a revolution to happen.

   Many of the revolutionaries were arrested and put on trial.