reactionary
reactionary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
- 2.One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- action
- against
- although
- and
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- antagonize
- back
- beat
- block
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- check
- clash
- coefficient
- collision
- compensate
- compensation
- conflict
- conflicting
- contrariety
- contrary
- contravene
- contrecoup
- counter
- counteract
- counteraction
- counterpoise
- cross
- direction
- echo
- elastic
- elasticity
- equal
- every
- fly
- for
- force
- friction
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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