Associations to the word «Reactionary»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
REACTIONARY, adjective. Politically favoring a return to a supposed golden age of the past.
REACTIONARY, adjective. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
REACTIONARY, noun. One who is opposed to change.
REACTIONARY, noun. One who is very conservative.
Dictionary definition
REACTIONARY, noun. An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism.
REACTIONARY, adjective. Extremely conservative.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.