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reactionary
Synonyms and Antonyms of reactionary
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword Synonyms archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), die-hard, hidebound, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, paleoconservative, conservative, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressiveRelated Words conventional, square; 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; right, right-wing; antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionaryNear Antonyms anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary; nonconformist; advanced, contemporary, modern; lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradicalAntonyms broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox
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1 a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are reactionaries tried to stop the passage of the legislation extending civil rights Synonyms archconservative, paleoconservative, conservative, rightist, right-winger, Tory, traditionalistRelated Words right, right-wing; conformist; neocon, neoconservative; diehard, standpatter; bourbon, Colonel Blimp, fuddy-duddy, square, stuffed shirtNear Antonyms extremist, radical, red, revolutionary, revolutionist; reformer, reformistAntonyms leftist, left-winger, lefty, liberal, progressive
2 a person with old-fashioned ideas a reactionary in the nation's ongoing culture war, she seems to believe that watching any TV at all will rot your brain Synonyms antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, mossback, fogy, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirtRelated Words conservative, rightist, Tory; mandarin, old hand, old-timer, veteran; old maidNear Antonyms liberal, progressive, radicalAntonyms hipster, modern, trendy
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