Synonyms for reactionary
riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr ire·ac·tiona·ry

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1. reactionarynoun

   Antonyms:
   nonreactionary

2. reactionarynoun

   Opposed to change; urging a return to a previous state.

   Antonyms:
   nonreactionary

3. reactionaryadjective

   Very conservative.

   Antonyms:
   nonreactionary

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1. reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-wingeradjective

   an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

   Synonyms:
   ultraconservative, extreme right-winger

   Antonyms:
   left, center

2. reactionary, reactionist, far-rightadjective

   extremely conservative

   Synonyms:
   reactionist, far-right

   Antonyms:
   left, center

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1. List of paraphrases for "reactionary":

   retrograde, regressive, backward-looking, non-retroactivity

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1. Tony Kushner:

   What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called insane is now called solid conservative thinking.

2. Kenneth Minogue:

   A reactionary is someone with a clear and comprehensive vision of an ideal world we have lost.

3. Michael Kenny:

   There is great unease and reluctance, because most people in the political world believe Englishness is not a terribly progressive identity. There is a lingering fear that if this becomes political it's right-wing and reactionary.

4. Jeffrey Salkin:

   The rise in antisemitism, of course, fills all American Jews and others with deep fear, we need Gov. DeSantis to speak out loudly and clearly when antisemitic acts take place in Florida itself. Especially those that have been perpetrated by far-right, White-supremacist elements. It is not enough to nearly bemoan ‘woke politics.’ He must also bemoan the reactionary forces that have endangered Jewish life and lives for centuries.

5. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.