Definitions for Reactionary
riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr ire·ac·tiona·ry

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1. reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-wingeradjective

   an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

2. reactionary, reactionist, far-rightadjective

   extremely conservative

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reactionarynoun

   One who is opposed to change.

2. reactionarynoun

   One who is very conservative.

3. reactionaryadjective

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

4. reactionaryadjective

   Very conservative.

5. Etymology: From 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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1. reactionary

   A reactionary is a person or mindset that opposes political or social progress or reform, often seeking to return to a previous state or condition considered more conservative or traditional. It usually refers to views that seek to reverse or undo changes that have already been made within a society.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reactionaryadjective

   being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements

2. Reactionarynoun

   one who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution

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1. Reactionary

   A reactionary is a person who holds political viewpoints that favor a return to a previous state in a society. The word can also be an adjective describing such viewpoints or policies. Reactionaries are considered to be one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is radicalism, though reactionary ideologies may be themselves radical. While it has not been generally considered positive to be regarded as a reactionary it has been adopted as a self-description by some such as Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Gerald Warner of Craigenmaddie and John Lukacs.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reactionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reactionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Reactionary in a Sentence

1. Maryam Rajavi:

   From the outset we have rejected this reactionary and bellicose policy and seek amicable relations with the rest of our neighbors to confront this regime, the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps must be designated as a foreign terrorist group and evicted from the region. More sanctions need to be imposed on the regime. the Iranian people long for freedom and democracy, equality, and an advanced society. Moreover the Iranian people demand an overthrow of this regime, she said. Rajavi has called on international organizations to expel Iran because of its support of terrorism, restore sanctions on some officials and start war crimes prosecutions for those that she says are responsible for massacring civilians. Iran, however considers the N.C.R.I a terrorist organization, a claim the group rejects. The N.C.R.I says the regime has executed more than 120,000 of its followers who oppose the regime. Mrs. Rajavi alluded to America’s July 4th Independence Day, and the rights secured in the Declaration of Independence.

2. President Trump:

   This weekend two right-wing groups sought to hold peaceful rallies. Their leaders — Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson, a Japanese-American, andAmber Cummings, a transgender President Trump supporter — explicitly denounced racism. Amid fears of violence, both cancelled their events. Antifa showed up anyway, outnumbering and terrorizing any right-wingers or President Trump supporters who dared show their faces. Antifa views President Trump as fundamentally reactionary, as a necessary opposition to corrosive ideologies. But because your foe is a really bad guy does n’t mean you’re inherently a good one. Movements are defined not merely by what they oppose but by what they do. Antifa’s censorious criminality resembles the very political behavior it claims to fight. The mainstream left ought to denounce it as much as the right should reject white supremacists.

3. Michael Kenny:

   There is great unease and reluctance, because most people in the political world believe Englishness is not a terribly progressive identity. There is a lingering fear that if this becomes political it's right-wing and reactionary.

4. Cary Roberts:

   We have to make evidence-based public policy decisions that keep the community safe not be reactionary and reckless.

5. Chicago Principals Administrators Association:

   It should not be an ad hoc reactionary response that creates inequities that are predictable among social and economic lines, instead, it feels as if the district’s approach was more focused on eroding the trust we’ve worked so hard to develop by pitting schools, principals, parents, and staff against each other than on actually providing safety and support for students and communities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Reactionary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reactionary
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Reactionary
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Reactionary
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Reactionary