unreconstructed

[ uhn-ree-kuhn-struhk-tid ]

adjective

1. stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations:

   an unreconstructed conservative.

2. U.S. History. (of Southern states) not accepting the conditions for reinstatement in the Union after the Civil War.

unreconstructed

/ ˌʌnriːkənsˈtrʌktɪd /

adjective

1. unwilling to accept social and economic change, as exemplified by those White Southerners who refused to accept the Reconstruction after the Civil War

Word History and Origins

Origin of unreconstructed¹

First recorded in 1865–70, Americanism; un- ¹ + reconstruct ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

In other words, the sell-out centrists have a higher number than the unreconstructed lefties!

From The Daily Beast

If clean-shaven William is a new man, then his bearded brother Harry is 100% unreconstructed bloke.

From The Daily Beast

Some nurse an unreconstructed Confederate grudge, while others harbor a thinly disguised racism.

From The Daily Beast

Surely, an unreconstructed snob could misconstrue much more.

From The Daily Beast

And make no mistake: this was the hard, unreconstructed neoconservative right.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps she thought of Hugo then; of perhaps the small unreconstructed corner of her mind grew more unrestful.

From Project Gutenberg

It is reproachfully said by alien writers that the Southern women are more unreconstructed rebels than the men.

From Project Gutenberg

Caleb Gordon had accepted defeat openly and honestly, and for this the unreconstructed Major had never fully forgiven him.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Ella and Louise were entirely unreconstructed as far as the colored people were concerned.

From Project Gutenberg

The unreconstructed Boers refused to fight for the Power that humbled them in 1902.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• old-line
• ultraconservative