reactionarynoun [ C ]
uk/riˈæk.ʃən.ər.i/us/riˈæk.ʃən.er.i/disapprovinga person who is opposed to political or social change or new ideas:
Reactionaries are preventing reforms.
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Custom, tradition & conformity
- apple pie
- as American as apple pie idiom 1
- backward-looking
- backwards
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- cue
- fashion
- folk
- folk memory
- folklore
- follow the crowd idiom
- non-traditional
- nonconformist
- norm
- orthodoxy
- patrimony
- scenery
- sheep
- zeitgeist
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reactionary
adjective ukus
Reactionary forces/elements in the industry are preventing its progress towards greater efficiency.