colour revolution

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Etymology

These movements often adopted a specific colour as their symbol, as in Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005).

Noun

colour revolution (plural colour revolutions)

  1. (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

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