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UK
/ɹɪˈækʃənəɹi/
]
[ US /ɹiˈækʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈækʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
- an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
ADJECTIVE
- opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
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