unreconstructed

adjective

un·re·con·struct·ed ˌən-ˌrē-kən-ˈstrək-təd How to pronounce unreconstructed (audio)

: not reconciled to some political, economic, or social change

an unreconstructed rebel

also : holding stubbornly to a particular belief, view, place, or style

an unreconstructed hard-liner

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The reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states in the Union after the American Civil War is referred to as the Reconstruction. The earliest known use of unreconstructed is by a writer for the Boston, Massachusetts, publication The Liberator, who in 1865 used it to describe Southerners who were not reconciled to the outcome of the War and the changes enacted during the Reconstruction. The word immediately caught on and has been used to refer to intransigent or dyed-in-the-wool partisans ever since. The word is also used outside of political and social contexts, as when a person is described as "an unreconstructed rocker" or "an unreconstructed romantic."

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Stem to stern, the GOP is sailing with a full complement of unreconstructed chaos agents.

Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 20 Aug. 2022 Earlier waves of tenants included Jewish European émigrés, unreconstructed Socialists and scores of psychoanalysts.

New York Times, 27 June 2022 Falwell cast Trump, still regarded by many believers as an unreconstructed sinner, as a pragmatic businessman who would honor his promises to evangelicals.

Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 There are lots of compelling ideas like that, from flat-taxers and fair-taxers and unreconstructed Georgists and other sundry practitioners of wonkery.

Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022 Outside the home, French onion soup is best eaten in an unreconstructed bistro.

Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Other documents were delivered in unreconstructed pieces.

Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2022 And indeed, some of the people who came to work for Gröning were unreconstructed followers of Hitler.

Richard J. Evans, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021 But the crusher was George Norris, the unreconstructed populist senator from Nebraska, who insisted that the people, not some capitalist, should develop such a major public work.

Edward Kosner, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021 See More

单词	unreconstructed
释义	unreconstructed adjective un·re·con·struct·ed ˌən-ˌrē-kən-ˈstrək-təd : not reconciled to some political, economic, or social change an unreconstructed rebel also : holding stubbornly to a particular belief, view, place, or style an unreconstructed hard-liner Did you know? The reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states in the Union after the American Civil War is referred to as the Reconstruction. The earliest known use of unreconstructed is by a writer for the Boston, Massachusetts, publication The Liberator, who in 1865 used it to describe Southerners who were not reconciled to the outcome of the War and the changes enacted during the Reconstruction. The word immediately caught on and has been used to refer to intransigent or dyed-in-the-wool partisans ever since. The word is also used outside of political and social contexts, as when a person is described as "an unreconstructed rocker" or "an unreconstructed romantic." Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Stem to stern, the GOP is sailing with a full complement of unreconstructed chaos agents. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 20 Aug. 2022 Earlier waves of tenants included Jewish European émigrés, unreconstructed Socialists and scores of psychoanalysts. New York Times, 27 June 2022 Falwell cast Trump, still regarded by many believers as an unreconstructed sinner, as a pragmatic businessman who would honor his promises to evangelicals. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 There are lots of compelling ideas like that, from flat-taxers and fair-taxers and unreconstructed Georgists and other sundry practitioners of wonkery. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022 Outside the home, French onion soup is best eaten in an unreconstructed bistro. Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Other documents were delivered in unreconstructed pieces. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2022 And indeed, some of the people who came to work for Gröning were unreconstructed followers of Hitler. Richard J. Evans, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021 But the crusher was George Norris, the unreconstructed populist senator from Nebraska, who insisted that the people, not some capitalist, should develop such a major public work. Edward Kosner, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1865, in the meaning defined above unreconstructed adjective as in incorrigible Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance incorrigible unregenerate inveterate chronic habitual ingrained congenital confirmed born regular engrained proper constitutional consummate elementary elemental intrinsic natural essential inherent innate native intimate connate inborn hereditary intuitive instinctual Antonyms & Near Antonyms cultivated alien developed foreign trained nonnatural unnatural See More
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unreconstructed

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