Occurring before or relating to the period before a revolution takes place.
From Latin 'ante' (before) + 'revolutionary' (relating to revolution). This variant emphasizes the temporal relationship to revolutionary events.
The 'anterevolutionary' era in Russia or China is endlessly studied because those conditions—the inequality, the failed reforms, the rising literacy—directly caused the explosions that followed.
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