All 5 Uses of
revolution
in
Queen of Babble
- She wouldn't have cared about shocking all those Daughters of the American Revolution.†
*revolution = dramatic change or overthrow of a government
- The year 1848 (aptly nicknamed the Year of Revolutions) saw many peasant uprisings throughout Europe and the fall of the monarchy in France, as well as the potato famine in Ireland, and fashion responded to the unrest by requiring women to look as covered up as possible, with "poke" bonnets and skirts that trailed filthily to the floor declared the season's "must-haves."†
- The mid-1870s saw something of a fashion revolution, thanks to the invention of the sewing machine and the introduction of synthetic dyes.†
- The Swinging Sixties brought about more than just a sexual revolution.†
- Fashion underwent a revolution as well.†
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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus