Reactionary Definition

rē-ăkshə-nĕrē
reactionaries
adjective
Of, characterized by, or advocating reaction, esp. in politics.
Webster's New World

Opposed to change; urging a return to a previous state.

Wiktionary

Very conservative.

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(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
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noun
reactionaries
A reactionary person; advocate of reaction, esp. in politics.
Webster's New World
An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.
American Heritage
One who is opposed to change.
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Other Word Forms of Reactionary

Noun

Singular:
reactionary
Plural:
reactionaries

Origin of Reactionary

  • From French réactionnaire. Used in the time of the French revolution to refer to a person opposing the revolution; as in a person favoring a reaction to the revolution. First known usage in English in a translation of Lazare Carnot's letter on the Conspiracy of the 18th Fructidor published in London, 1799.

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Reactionary Sentence Examples

  • Under the Restoration he became a peer of France, but protested against the reactionary spirit of the government, and remained in opposition.

  • He was left in the hands of reactionary boyars and priests, who encouraged him to hate his father and wish for the death of the tsar-antichrist.

  • Now that he saw an opportunity to become master he became reactionary and abolished the federal constitution.

  • But the National Liberals triumphed at the general election; fear of reactionary tendencies finally induced the Radicals to accede to the wishes of the majority; and on the 5th of June 1849 the new constitution received the royal sanction.

  • He appeared there as the champion of the king and encouraged him in his reactionary policy.

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Words Starting With

RREREA

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YRYARY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

Starts With R & Ends With YStarts With RE & Ends With YStarts With R & Ends With RY

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