[1] The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society.
The term—both as a noun and adjective—is usually applied to the field of politics, but is also occasionally used in the context of science, invention or art.
"[5] According to the Marxist Internet Archive, a revolutionary "amplif[ies] the differences and conflicts caused by technological advances in society.
Revolutionaries provoke differences and violently ram together contradictions within a society, overthrowing the government through the rising to power of the class they represent.
After destructing the old order, revolutionaries help build a new government that adheres to the emerging social relationships that have been made possible by the advanced productive forces.