Antonyms for reactionary
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ree-ak-shuh-ner-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr i |
Definition of reactionary
Origin :- 1831, on model of French réactionnaire (19c.), from réaction (see reaction). In Marxist use, "tending toward reversing existing tendencies," opposed to revolutionary and used opprobriously in reference to opponents of communism, by 1858. As a noun, "person considered reactionary," especially in politics, one who seeks to check or undo political action, by 1855.
- adj conservative
- noun person who is politically conservative
- Decidedly, he ought to have sold himself to the reactionary party.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Perhaps conservative is not the word; reactionary would be closer.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- And I am not alone in resenting your reactionary tendencies.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Being a reactionary, I still felt that woman's place was not in the Army or Navy.
- Extract from : « The Winged Men of Orcon » by David R. Sparks
- We are not speaking of a reactionary revolution but of the "activist."
- Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
- Just as the feminists won't have anything to do with you because you're so reactionary.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- In 1794, as we have seen, he was considered a reactionary and an oppressor.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- Is there anything in his plays that is in the least inconsistent with all that is reactionary?
- Extract from : « Tolstoy on Shakespeare » by Leo Tolstoy
- He was a reactionary Republican of the most pronounced type.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland
- The stifling of the insurrection in Poland strengthened the reactionary party.
- Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
Synonyms for reactionary
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