reactionary

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[ UK /ɹɪˈækʃənəɹi/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈækʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
ADJECTIVE
  1. opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
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How To Use reactionary In A Sentence

  • But to Mr. Robin there is no actually existing Burkeanism anywhere, making those who cite the ideal of a reasonable, pragmatic, nonreactionary conservatism guilty of the kind of utopianism the left is more commonly faulted for. NYT > Home Page
  • An intriguing first two sentences, there, that drop bathetically into Amis-père-like reactionary noodling. Archive 2010-03-01
  • The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
  • He will be comfortable with his citation on the blogrolls of various right-wing groupuscules and assorted reactionary ranters.
  • He was a subtle and effective reactionary.
  • He was not a harmless old drunk, but a bigoted, racist reactionary who made a fortune from the oil industry.
  • But I'm also no reactionary, in that I don't believe such a community has ever existed, not really.
  • We now get a glimpse into the reactionary politics, racism, and social parasitism of his mayoral administration.
  • He said that the Roman Catholic Church is a greater threat to relationships than Facebook: "Religious bigotry has fuelled the fragmentation of societies, the increase in prejudice and reactionary thinking". The End of Civilization As We Know It
  • Thus the dynamic of US imperialism versus reactionary local forces maintains its self-perpetuating momentum. Hostage taking in Iran: the pawns in a battle against US imperialism | David Wearing
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