reactionary

Example Sentences

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Investors are waking up to the harsh realities and the financial penalties of a reordered, reactionary world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

That’s not because he was a right-winger; Clint Eastwood, still as reactionary as ever, retains the respect of his more liberal peers for his consistently high-quality output.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

"If believing in God is reactionary, then we are also reactionary," he told his party's meeting in parliament on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It won best film, best director for Anderson and best supporting actor for Sean Penn, who played reactionary villain Colonel Steven Lockjaw in the movie but wasn't in attendance.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

I never met anybody so dedicated to fighting reactionary ideas and prejudice as this folk- singer.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole