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reactionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of reactionary
- reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword
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
- reactionaries tried to stop the passage of the legislation extending civil rights
- a reactionary in the nation's ongoing culture war, she seems to believe that watching any TV at all will rot your brain
antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, mossback, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirt
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