reactionary
Example Sentences
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There is a pejorative word—reactionary—to describe such an enterprise.
In the end, it is difficult to find any commonalities between the seminal religious reformer Luther and a secular business entrepreneur and political reactionary such as Mr. Musk.
From Washington Post
Last week, there was another supposed "whistleblower" elevated in the Free Press, a reactionary outlet masquerading as investigative journalism, run by Bari Weiss.
From Salon
"But prominent reactionaries currently engaged in a war on trans people have social networks that allow them to quickly amplify and exaggerate this kind of thing to each other."
From Salon
It's an authoritarian movement of angry white reactionaries who believe this is a now-or-never moment for the grip on power they believe is their due.
From Salon
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