reactionary|reactionaries in English

noun

[re'ac·tion·ar·y || rɪ'ækʃənerɪ]

one who opposes progress, one who seeks to return to a previous state or conditio

Use "reactionary|reactionaries" in a sentence

1. And no political reactionaries were tolerated.

2. The reactionary rule is doomed.

3. Reactionary politicians voted against the proposal.

4. The reactionary troops are being hit everywhere.

5. The men are hidebound and reactionary.

6. This threw the reactionary police into utter panic.

7. Critics viewed him as a reactionary.

8. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.

9. 12 The more the reactionaries lash out, the more resistance they provoke.

10. The reactionary elements have been unbridled in their attacks.

11. The reactionary officer then ordered him arrested.

12. They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies.

13. The president, with his veto power, blocked these reactionary schemes.

14. The reactionary authorities are between two fires and have been discredited.

15. Is reading the romance a politically progressive or politically reactionary move?

16. The reactionary police made a baton charge on the demonstrating crowd.

17. In Ferguson, Missouri, there are “outside Agitators.” On this, the reactionaries and liberals agree

18. Mobilize the masses to tear down reactionary posters on street walls.

19. Some of the labour leaders were also questioned by the reactionary police.

20. That Ptolemy was a conservative, even a reactionary in certain respects, is undeniable.

21. Reactionary forces/elements in the industry are preventing its progress towards greater efficiency..

22. The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife. Sentencedict.com

23. It is reactionary and regressive to pretend that television does not exist.

24. The reactionary government tried vainly to take the steam out of the protest movement.

25. Authorities used songs and poems he wrote as evidence of his “reactionary” activities.