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reactionary
adjective as in pertaining to extreme conservatism in politics
noun as in a reactionary person
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There is a pejorative word—reactionary—to describe such an enterprise.
America’s religious landscape would be thinned in favor of large, financially prosperous churches and ministries, almost all of which are reactionary, and largely white.
Make no mistake, online reactionaries build brands, not nations.
This reactionary impulse is an ever-present tendency in conservatism.
Instead, it’s rooted in the visual and emotional language of horror films, especially the more reactionary tales of demonic possession, such as “The Exorcist” and “The Conjuring.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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