reactionary
Example Sentences
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Deeply discount the moaning of Hollywood reactionaries and certain podcasters trying to edge themselves into the spotlight.
There is a pejorative word—reactionary—to describe such an enterprise.
It might be granted that a reactionary is not a conservative’s identical twin — but he is a sibling living under the same roof.
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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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There was a minority within the movement, he admits, who were not real conservatives, but reactionaries.
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