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reactionary

[ree-ak-shuh-ner-ee] / riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr i /




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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

But political theorist Corey Robin, in "The Reactionary Mind," thinks these words from the younger Burke do not represent what he was to become.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

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

Reactionary Hæmorrhage.—Reactionary or intermediary hæmorrhage is really a recurrence of primary bleeding.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis




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