reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

That a reactionist can be great, can be a lover of virtue and truth, can in any sort contribute to the welfare of men, these are possibilities to which he will lend no ear.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by Morley, John

Rousseau was an exception, but then Rousseau was in truth a reactionist, and not a loyal member of the great company of reformers.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

In the main, therefore, these speeches, with all their fresh brilliancy of colouring and treatment, hold up the good old banner of social progress, which we erect against reactionist and revolutionist alike.

From Liberalism and the Social Problem by Churchill, Winston