reactionary

[US]/riˈækʃənri/
[UK]/riˈækʃəneri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. opposing political or social progress; extremely conservative
n. a person who is opposed to political or social progress; an extremely conservative person

Example Sentences

This threw the reactionary police into utter panic.

The reactionary officer then ordered him arrested.

The reactionary troops are being hit everywhere.

They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies.

The reactionary regime was thrown down by an armed uprising.

The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.

Some of the labour leaders were also questioned by the reactionary police.

The reactionary government tried vainly to take the steam out of the protest movement.

Real-world Examples

It has. They've shifted more from a reactionary to a protection role, and the threats have just skyrocketed.

Source: NPR News January 2022 Compilation

And we see, you know, Twitter on the other hand is condemning the executive order as reactionary, as politicized.

Source: NPR News June 2020 Compilation

As twee as they are numerous, they truss reactionary class politics in sentimental plots to flog to suggestible foreigners.

Source: Selected English short passages

The social effects of novels, films, comic books and pop music were condemned by the grumpy reactionaries of the time.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

We started off with interventions like the general food distribution which was a bit reactionary like after drought or floods.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

They're the perfect antidote to reactionary nationalism.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) November 2017 Collection

They should not let their indignation turn them into reactionaries.

Source: The Economist Culture

Those are run by ultraconservative reactionaries, who only know how to write diatribes.

Source: 2010 ESLPod

But terrible tragedy lay hidden behind this grinning through a horse-collar of the reactionary party.

Source: News from Wuyou Township (Part 2)

When the poor gentleman returns and finds his familiar chaos transformed into a hateful order, he becomes a reactionary.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

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