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• n  an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
• s  extremely conservative

• Neither the Americans nor anyone else will be able to protect those reactionary regimes from revolutions within their own countries.
• Nothing, in Soviet doctrine, is much more reactionary than Christmas, combining as it does "bourgeois" religion with capitalist commercialism.
• As a vehicle choice, the H2 was a spiteful reactionary riposte to notions that, you know, maybe we all shouldn't be driving tanks that get 10 miles per gallon.

• ultraconservative
• extreme right-winger
• reactionist
• far-right

News & Articles

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• NBA Playoffs 2013: Why the Miami Heat Will Win Game 5 in San Antonio
  Surprises? The San Antonio Spurs have none remaining. The Miami Heat have a bad habit of allowing the opposing team to show their hand and then playing reactionary basketball, instead of imposing their will from the start. This strategy cost them Game 1 against the Bulls , nearly cost them Game 1 against the Pacers and cost them Game 1 against the Spurs. Game 1 of this  NBA Finals series was ...
  June 15, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Limbaugh rejects Bush comments
  He snaps at the former Florida governor for calling Republicans too reactionary.
  June 14, 2013 - Politico
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  In the history of the modern church, there has never been a more maligned priest than Father Andrew M. Greeley , who passed away May 29. He was condemned as a reactionary liberal, but he was a sound visionary and warned about church failings.
  June 13, 2013 - Stamford Advocate

Quotes

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• Keith Olbermann in Huffington Post (blog)
  Monday night, Olbermann described Brown as "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees."
• Harriet Harman in WalesOnline
  Ms Harman said: "Fewer crimes and more convictions is the trend we want to see continue. But we have to continue to challenge reactionary attitudes - that domestic violence is a private matter between husband and wife and we shouldn't intervene, or...
• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  Either way, we're going to be dealing with an Iranian regime that has historically been hostile to the United States,Obama said. "I think it's important to recognize that the easiest way for reactionary forces inside Iran to crush...