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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:

Nouns denoting people

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:

Adjectives

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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