reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is known for a Nero,—that is, a fanatical reactionist.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

Young Russia greatly objected to the picture, and the author, who so far had been hailed as a champion of liberty, was now looked on as a reactionist.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

Perhaps the only Englishman with whom in this respect he may be compared, is Sir Thomas More,—that virtuous and eloquent reactionist of the sixteenth century.

From Burke by Morley, John

They would accuse you of being, what you are doubtless, a reactionist, and you might get into trouble.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John