reactionary
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8.6
- noun
- /riˈækʃənˌɛri/
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reaccionario
- We need to fight these reactionaries without accepting the boundaries of their battlefield.
It's a sense that if Biden doesn't win, I've lost my country to these right wing reactionaries.
- It's a sense that if Biden doesn't win, I've lost my country to these right wing reactionaries.
- And there was one famous French reactionary, Joseph de Maestra, who responded to that by saying what is man?
Examples
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The difference between a visionary and a reactionary is that a visionary can say why matters are unjust.
Academic text (1994) -
But if it were true of all theory, then the fears and fury of the reactionaries would surely be justified.
Academic text (1995) -
That was in an indication of how far the reactionary forces in the state had come.
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You know, the world is full of reactionaries.
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In Ted Cruz, Texas elected one of the most extreme right-wing reactionaries to ever serve in the Senate.
Blog text (27) -
The bourgeoisie, then, had its reactionaries who clung desperately to tradition and its progressives who were more receptive to innovation.
Academic text (1995) -
Many believe that the rise of reactionaries threatens the progress we have made in civil rights.
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He identified himself as a reactionary, preferring the political ideologies of the past over modern reforms.
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In discussions about climate change, some individuals still align themselves with reactionaries who deny the need for any reform.
Synonyms
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7.9
Very unwilling to accept change or new ideas
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9.1
A person who tries to undo a large change in government
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8.5
A person who strongly supports traditional beliefs and opposes social change
Opposed to social or political change and wanting to return to older ways
A person who strongly supports how things are and resists change
Antonyms
How Reactionary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reactionary comes from reaction, made of re- meaning 'back' and act meaning 'to do', as in react. A reactionary is someone who 'acts back' against change and wants to return to earlier ways. So, a reactionary opposes social or political progress.