A conservative is not always a reactionary.
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Reactionary
//ɹiˈækʃən(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "reactionary" (191 found)
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extreme right wingerextreme right-wingerfaultfinderfogyfogyishfossilfrondeurfudfuddy duddyfuddy-duddygrannygripergrouchgrousergrowlergrumblerhard hathas beenhas-beenhideboundhostileimperialistinimicalintransigentkickerkvetchlonghairmalcontentmatriarchmethuselahmid victorianmid-victorianmonarchistmossback
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Adjective(1 words)
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murmurermutterernarrow-mindednonconformistnonprogressiveoffold believerold crockold dodoold fogyold lineold linerold manold poopold timerold womanold-lineold-timeropposingoppositional
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oppugnantorthodoxpatriarchperversepoppopsquerulous personradical rightreactingreactionaristreactiverebelrecalcitrantrecessiverecidivistrecidivousrectoreflexreflexiverefluentregressiveregular old fogyrelicrenitentrepugnantresistantrespondentrespondingresponsiveretroactionaryretroactiveretrocessiveretrograderetrogressiveretrorseretroversereturnablereversiblereversionalreversionaryrevertiblerevolutionaryrevulsionaryrevulsiverightright fieldright handright of centerright sideright wingright wingerright-handright-wingright-wingerright-wingishrightistroyalistsocial darwinistsoreheadsquarestandpatstandpatterstarboardstarboard tackstaretstorytraditionalisttraditionalisticultraconservativeunprogressivewhinerwhite
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- reaksionar adj (opposing revolution)
- reaksionare adj (opposing revolution)
Arabic
1 entries- رجعي adj (opposing revolution)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mürtəce adj (opposing revolution)
- irticaçı noun (reactionary)
Bulgarian
2 entries- реакционен adj (opposing revolution)
- реакционер noun (reactionary)
Catalan
2 entries- reaccionari adj (opposing revolution)
- reaccionari noun (reactionary)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 反動的 /反动的 adj (opposing revolution)
- 反動派 /反动派 noun (reactionary)
Dutch
1 entries- reactionair adj (opposing revolution)
Esperanto
1 entries- reakciulo noun (reactionary)
Finnish
3 entries- taantumuksellinen adj (opposing revolution)
- reaktionääri noun (reactionary)
- taantumuksellinen noun (reactionary)
French
2 entries- réactionnaire adj (opposing revolution)
- réactionnaire noun (reactionary)
Georgian
2 entries- რეაქციული adj (opposing revolution)
- რეაქციონერი noun (reactionary)
German
3 entries- reaktionär adj (opposing revolution)
- Reaktionär noun (reactionary)
- Reaktionärin noun (reactionary)
Greek
3 entries- αντιδραστικός adj (opposing revolution)
- αντιπροοδευτικός adj (opposing revolution)
- αντιδραστικός noun (reactionary)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- reaksiónè noun (reactionary)
Hungarian
1 entries- reakciós adj (opposing revolution)
Icelandic
2 entries- afturhaldssamur adj (opposing revolution)
- afturhaldsseggur noun (reactionary)
Italian
4 entries- codino adj (opposing revolution)
- codina noun (reactionary)
- codino noun (reactionary)
- reazionario noun (reactionary)
Japanese
2 entries- 反動的 adj (opposing revolution)
- 反動家 noun (reactionary)
Kazakh
1 entries- кертартпа noun (reactionary)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រតិកិរិយា adj (opposing revolution)
Lao
2 entries- ປະຕິການ adj (opposing revolution)
- ປະຕິກິລິຍາ adj (opposing revolution)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- paşverû adj (opposing revolution)
Norwegian
2 entries- reaksjonær adj (opposing revolution)
- reaksjonær noun (reactionary)
Pashto
1 entries- ارتجاعي adj (opposing revolution)
Persian
1 entries- ارتجاعی adj (opposing revolution)
Polish
3 entries- reakcjonistyczny adj (opposing revolution)
- reakcyjny adj (opposing revolution)
- reakcjonista noun (reactionary)
Portuguese
2 entries- reacionário adj (opposing revolution)
- reacionário noun (reactionary)
Russian
3 entries- реакцио́нный adj (opposing revolution)
- реакционе́р noun (reactionary)
- реакционе́рка noun (reactionary)
Samoan
1 entries- i suiga adj (opposing revolution)
Sicilian
2 entries- cudìnu adj (opposing revolution)
- cudìnu noun (reactionary)
Spanish
3 entries- involucionista adj (opposing revolution)
- reaccionario adj (opposing revolution)
- reaccionario noun (reactionary)
Swedish
3 entries- reaktionär adj (opposing revolution)
- bakåtsträvare noun (reactionary)
- reaktionär noun (reactionary)
Turkish
3 entries- gerici adj (opposing revolution)
- gerici noun (reactionary)
- mürteci noun (reactionary)
Ukrainian
1 entries- реакці́йний adj (opposing revolution)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phản động adj (opposing revolution)
- người phản động noun (reactionary)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Reactionary groups were overthrown by the people.
Source: tatoeba (2110850)
They represent their reactionary cosmopolitanism as "internationalism", and they try to cover up their fight against peace and democracy with pacifist and pseudo-democratic phrases.
Source: tatoeba (2590958)
Permanent peace is possible, says the reactionary Norman Bentwich, only if the principles of Christianity become the basis of public policy and social life.
Source: tatoeba (2889276)
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