pseudorevolutionary

English

Alternative forms

  • pseudo-revolutionary

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ revolutionary.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pseudorevolutionary (comparative more pseudorevolutionary, superlative most pseudorevolutionary)

  1. Having the appearance, but not the essence, of a revolutionary.

Noun

pseudorevolutionary (plural pseudorevolutionaries)

  1. One who has the appearance, but not the essence, of a revolutionary.
    • 1969, Leo Huberman, Paul Marlor Sweezy, chapter 11, in Socialism in Cuba, Monthly Review Press, page 211:
      The microfaction came to coincide with arguments used and positions adopted against our Revolution by Latin American pseudorevolutionaries and the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
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