reactionary
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Reactionary conservatism didn’t become a defining aspect of Miller’s persona until he started high school, according to Jason Islas, one of his best friends in middle school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
In “The Reactionary Poet,” he claims that title in opposition to self-styled revolutionaries whose orthodoxy chokes out creativity and joy.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
Also joining me was Osita Nwanevu, who’s a staff writer at the New Republic, and whose recent article, “The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism,” is the most frequently cited critique of the Harper’s letter.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2020
“There’s an effort to find a winning formula,” says Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind, probably the most acclaimed recent book on conservatism.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2019
Reactionary policy in the smaller states of Europe.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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