counter revolution, n.Definitions

Counter-revolution (n.) starts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not by undoing the revolution but by legalizing the parts that look irreversible — and thereby taking them under control.

Counter-revolution (n.) shows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on the street: within months Barcelona's workers' city was full again of fat prosperous men, elegant women, sleek cars and pistol-wearing officers, and the old split into rich and poor was back.

Counter-revolution (n.) by ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its atrocities washes the red republic white, and no socialist in France spread more revolutionary propaganda than the Austrian butcher Haynau.