reactionary
Noun
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An extreme conservative;
An opponent of progress or liberalism (synset 110528068)is a type of: conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideassubtypes:- bourbon - a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- blimp, colonel blimp - any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
same as: extreme right-winger, ultraconservative
Adjective
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Opposed to political or social liberalism or reform (synset 302037940)
similar to: right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual rightsame as: far-right, reactionist
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