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reactionaries

reactionaries is the plural of reactionary.

Meaning of reactionary

Noun

reactionary (plural reactionaries)

  1. One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age, often used derogatorily by revolutionaires.
    • 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.1921, Valentine Chirol, India, Old and New
    Synonyms:
    antiprogressive

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Questions about reactionaries

What is reactionaries the plural of?
Reactionaries is the plural of reactionary.

Words near reactionaries in the dictionary

  1. reaction wheel
  2. reaction wheels
  3. reaction wood
  4. reactional
  5. reactionally
  6. reactionaries
  7. reactionarily
  8. reactionariness
  9. reactionarism
  10. reactionarist
  11. reactionarists

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