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Revolution

Revolution is the overthrow of a government by the governed; a process of change involving the mobilization of a mass social movement toward radically transforming society. Revolution also refers to a drastic and far-reaching political, economic, social, or technological change (such as the agricultural or industrial revolutions).

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