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n. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

n. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"

rotation, revolution, gyration

n. a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

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Fuzzynyms (12)

rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising

n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

anarchy, lawlessness

n. a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

rebellion

n. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"

upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust

n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

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