All counter-revolution synonyms

noun counter-revolution

• backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
• right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
• relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
• regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• counterrevolution — A counterrevolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
• obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
• retrenchment — the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
• right wing — members of a conservative or reactionary political party, or those opposing extensive political reform.
• status quo — the existing state or condition.
• toryism — the act or fact of being a Tory.