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. President Trump:

   This weekend two right-wing groups sought to hold peaceful rallies. Their leaders — Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson, a Japanese-American, andAmber Cummings, a transgender President Trump supporter — explicitly denounced racism. Amid fears of violence, both cancelled their events. Antifa showed up anyway, outnumbering and terrorizing any right-wingers or President Trump supporters who dared show their faces. Antifa views President Trump as fundamentally reactionary, as a necessary opposition to corrosive ideologies. But because your foe is a really bad guy does n’t mean you’re inherently a good one. Movements are defined not merely by what they oppose but by what they do. Antifa’s censorious criminality resembles the very political behavior it claims to fight. The mainstream left ought to denounce it as much as the right should reject white supremacists.

2. Chicago Principals Administrators Association:

   It should not be an ad hoc reactionary response that creates inequities that are predictable among social and economic lines, instead, it feels as if the district’s approach was more focused on eroding the trust we’ve worked so hard to develop by pitting schools, principals, parents, and staff against each other than on actually providing safety and support for students and communities.

3. Evelyn Waugh:

   An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

4. Andrew Thrasher:

   Traders are very reactionary to Supreme Court news that could impact the balance sheet of online retailers, right now all online retailers and tech stocks are getting thrown out with the bath water, so to speak, before we truly understand the implications (of the ruling).

5. 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.