Meaning of Reactionary | Babel Free
ɹiˈækʃən(ə)ɹiDefinitions
One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
mürtəce
Български
реакционен
Català
reaccionari
فارسی
ارتجاعی
Suomi
taantumuksellinen
Français
réactionnaire
Íslenska
afturhaldssamur
ქართული
რეაქციონერი
Қазақша
кертартпа
Kurdî
murtecî
Nederlands
reactionair
Português
reacionário
Українська
реакційний
Examples
“Hindu reactionaries, whose conception of a well-ordered society had not moved beyond the laws of Manu, fell into line for the moment with the intellectual products of the modern Indian University.”
“He was not a drunkard, not a chronic bankrupt. For the rest, Mr. Woodward depicts [Thomas] Paine as a highminded controversialist, persecuted by reactionaries on both sides of the Atlantic for no more than liberal political views.”
“It is not simply a conservative preference for things as they are, with a few nudges back, but a passionate loathing of the status quo and a desire to return to the past in one emotionally cathartic revolt. If conservatives are pessimistic, reactionaries are apocalyptic.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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