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reactionary adjective [ rɪˈakʃ(ə)n(ə)ri ]

• opposing political or social progress or reform.
• "reactionary attitudes toward women's rights"
Similar: right-wing, conservative, rightist, ultra-conservative, ultra-right, alt-right, blimpish, diehard, traditionalist, conventional, traditional, old-fashioned, unprogressive, true-blue, Birchite,
Opposite: radical, progressive,

reactionary noun

• a reactionary person.
• "he was later to become an extreme reactionary"
Similar: right-winger, conservative, rightist, diehard, traditionalist, conventionalist, true blue, Birchite, stick-in-the-mud, gammon, blimp,
Opposite: radical,


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