reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

Evidence has come to light that all this time he was speaking in an entirely different key whenever his visitor was a reactionist or a clerical.

From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

You are an old reactionist: you bore us with your talking.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various