All 3 Uses of
revolution
in
The Fountainhead
- Nothing actual seemed to come of his preoccupation with revolutionary theories.†
Chpt 2.9revolutionary = related to or causing dramatic change; of a supporter of the change
- "One Small Voice" never seemed to say anything dangerously revolutionary, and seldom anything political.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- "Comes the revolution," said Gus Webb, looking at the completed structure, "and every kid in the country will have a home like that!"†
Chpt 2.15
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation