English-German translations for revolution

• Revolution die
  Wir fachen die Revolution nicht an. We are not fomenting revolution.
  Es handelt sich geradezu um eine Revolution. We are looking at a veritable revolution.
  um eine soziale Revolution zu vermeiden. in order not to lead to social revolution.
• Umdrehung die
• Umsturz der
  Die iranische Revolution von 1979 ist ein bekanntes Beispiel eines demokratischen Umsturzes, der in die Autokratie umschlug. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 is a famous example of democratic upheaval that turned autocratic.

Definition of revolution

• A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change
• Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis
• A rotation: one complete turn of an object during rotation
• In the case of celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body
• A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year

Related words

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