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reactionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of reactionary
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue
blimpish, neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist
dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy
antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary
reactionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of reactionary
1
a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are
2
a person with old-fashioned ideas
antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, mossback, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirt
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