🔄 Synonyms of "Reactionary"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rightnoun | Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below. |
| ultraconservativenoun | Extremely conservative, especially in politics. |
| reactionistnoun | reactionary |
| far-right | (politics) Of or pertaining to the far right. |
| extreme right-wingernoun | an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ultraconservative | Extremely conservative, especially in politics. |
| far-right | (politics) Of or pertaining to the far right. |
| reactionist | reactionary |
| right | Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below. |
| extreme right-wingernoun | an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism |
| conservative | Tending to resist change or innovation. |
| backward-looking | Not progressive; concerned with the past rather than the present or future. |
| reactive | That reacts or responds to a stimulus. |
| reactionnoun | An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. |
| retroactive | Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions |
| regressive | That tends to return, revert or regress. |
| retrogressive | Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde. |
| retrograde | Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating. |
| backward | Indicating position or direction. |
| obscurantist | Of or relating to obscurantism. |
| knee-jerk | Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable. |
| irreversibilitynoun | The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed. |
| traditionalistnoun | A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices. |
| counterrevolutionarynoun | A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it. |
| archconservativenoun | (US) Extremely politically conservative. |
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