reactionary
adjective
of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
reactionist
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a variation of
reactionary.
Example Sentences
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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Referring to a past which is dear to me, I have spoken of it with kindly sympathy; but I should be sorry to create any misapprehension, and to be taken for an uncompromising reactionist.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
There is something striking in the stern reactionist thus introducing to Rome the man who was more instrumental than any other in overthrowing his hopes and fixing the new culture beyond possibility of recall.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
"Yes," he said, "there are people who think I am a reactionist because I put down the ball-alley."
From The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore
Under Gregory XVI. he had been a reactionist, to please his sovereign.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
