reactionary

adjective

government policy became increasingly reactionary:

conservative, right-wing, rightist, ultra-conservative, ultra-right, alt-right;

blimpish, diehard;

traditionalist, conventional, traditional, old-fashioned, unprogressive;

British true-blue.

▷antonyms radical, progressive.

noun

he was later to become an extreme reactionary:

conservative, right-winger, rightist, diehard;

traditionalist, conventionalist;

British true blue;

North American Bircher;

informal derogatory stick-in-the-mud;

British, informal derogatory gammon, blimp.

▷antonyms radical.

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