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
That a reactionist can be great, can be a lover of virtue and truth, can in any sort contribute to the welfare of men, these are possibilities to which he will lend no ear.
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by John Morley
Perhaps the only Englishman with whom in this respect he may be compared, is Sir Thomas More,—that virtuous and eloquent reactionist of the sixteenth century.
From Burke by John Morley
You are an old reactionist: you bore us with your talking.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Young Russia greatly objected to the picture, and the author, who so far had been hailed as a champion of liberty, was now looked on as a reactionist.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
