reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is superfluous to say that the minutes published by the Paris Journal, which have been used by reactionist historians, are incomplete, inexact, drawn up from hearsay, unintelligent indiscretions, and often from pure imagination.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

There is something striking in the stern reactionist thus introducing to Rome the man who was more instrumental than any other in overthrowing his hopes and fixing the new culture beyond possibility of recall.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

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