revolution

(noun)

noun

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

- the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution

Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification

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

Definition categories: act

3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

- the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year

Similar word(s): gyration, rotation

Definition categories: event, turn, turning