reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is something striking in the stern reactionist thus introducing to Rome the man who was more instrumental than any other in overthrowing his hopes and fixing the new culture beyond possibility of recall.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

The Superintendent of the Telegraph himself is here to inform us that Khalid was accused to the Military Tribunal as a reactionist, and a cablegram, in which he is summoned there, is just received.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

You are an old reactionist: you bore us with your talking.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Referring to a past which is dear to me, I have spoken of it with kindly sympathy; but I should be sorry to create any misapprehension, and to be taken for an uncompromising reactionist.

From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest