colour revolution
English
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editEtymology
editThese movements often adopted a specific colour as their symbol, as in Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005).
Noun
editcolour revolution (plural colour revolutions)
- (politics) Any of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance.
- Synonym: coloured revolution