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Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.

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  1. a. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
  2. n. One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
  3. adj. opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
  4. n. an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
  5. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements. One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
  6. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionarymovements.
  7. j:86/n:14 n. an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism s. extremely conservative