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velvet revolution

Syllabification: (vel·vet rev·o·lu·tion)
Definition of velvet revolution

noun

  • a nonviolent political revolution, especially the relatively smooth change from communism to a Western-style democracy in Czechoslovakia at the end of 1989.

Origin:

translating Czech sametová revoluce

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