revolutionariness

English

Etymology

From revolutionary +‎ -ness.

Noun

revolutionariness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being revolutionary.
   • 1958, Christopher Hill, Puritanism & Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century‎^[1], Pimlico, published 2001, →ISBN:

     His environment and mode of life may have aligned him with the old order politically; but none can deny the revolutionariness of his method, of his criticism, the boldness of his rejections.

   • 2010, Jones Irwin, Derrida and the Writing of the Body, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 55:

     It also demonstrates the innovativeness and revolutionariness of Mallarme's approach which is here being put to work by Derrida.

   • 2012, Ivana Zagorac, “St. Francis of Assisi: Bioethics in European Middle Ages”, in Amir Muzur, Hans-Martin Sass, editors, Fritz Jahr and the Foundations of Global Bioethics: The Future of Integrative Bioethics, Lit, →ISBN, page 74:

     The revolutionariness of St. Francis's individualistic approach is especially evident in the historical context within which it developed.

Synonyms

• revolutionarity