English-Dutch translations for revolutionary

• baanbrekend
  Ik pleit hier voor niets revolutionairs, voor niets baanbrekends, niets radicaals. I am not advocating anything revolutionary, epoch-making or radical here.
  Dit is een baanbrekend punt, waarbij echt gekeken wordt naar wat er nu feitelijk gebeurt in detentiecentra. This is a revolutionary point, that takes due account of what actually happens in detention centres.
  Baanbrekende initiatieven in deze richting van de Commissie schitteren door afwezigheid. However, revolutionary initiatives in this area are conspicuous by their absence within the European Commission.
• revolutionair
  De veranderingen die wij vragen, zijn revolutionair. The changes we want are revolutionary.
  Wij wilden geen revolutionaire veranderingen. We did not call for anything revolutionary.
  Dit is geen revolutionair idee. Het komt ook niet van mij. This is not a revolutionary idea, nor was it my idea.

Definition of revolutionary

• Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution
• pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
• pertaining to something that revolves
• A revolutionist; a person who revolts

Examples

• revolutionary war
• revolutionary measures
• revolutionary agitators
• a revolutionary new tool

Related words

• revolution
• revolutionize
• revolutionise
• counterrevolutionary
• counterrevolution
• revolutionist
• prerevolutionary
• ultrarevolutionary
• postrevolutionary