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REACTIONARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
Synonyms:
extreme right-winger; reactionary; ultraconservative
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reactionary" is a kind of...):
conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reactionary"):
Bourbon (a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South))
Blimp; Colonel Blimp (any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low))
Derivation:
reactionary (opposed to political or social liberalism or reform)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
Synonyms:
far-right; reactionary; reactionist
Classified under:
Similar:
right (of or belonging to the political or intellectual right)
Derivation:
reaction (extreme conservatism in political or social matters)
reactionary (an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism)
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