revolution

Definition for revolution

noun as in drastic action or change, often in politics

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coup, innovation, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, shift, strike, transformation, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uprising, violence

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anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, insubordination, metamorphosis, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, reformation, reversal, rising, row, shake-up, strife, subversion, tumult, turbulence, turnover, uproar, upset

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coup d'état, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, radical change, underground activity

noun as in circuit around something

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cycle

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circle, circumvolution, gyration, gyre, lap, orbit, pirouette, reel, roll, rotation, round, spin, swirl, turn, turning, twirl, wheel, whirl

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revolve, revolving

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With that we move from the managerial revolution and the cybernetic revolution — which tried to make sense of the managerial revolution — to the neoliberal revolution of the 1970s onward.

From Salon

The film, available on YouTube, explores the rise of passive investing and the people and conditions — like the computer revolution — that came to dominate the thinking behind millions of Americans’ retirement accounts.

From Salon

Where Season 1 shows how freedom fighters are made, not born, these new episodes depict how revolutions catch fire.

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The inescapable conclusion is that Kennedy’s HHS is in the grip of a pseudoscience revolution in which misinformation and disinformation are ascendant.

From Los Angeles Times

And experts are concerned that a gap is widening between those who are eligible for the funded hours, and those who are missing out on the childcare revolution.

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