reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great reactionist is a type that is wholly dark to him.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by Morley, John

At four o'clock some of the reactionist companies appeared, resolute, in good order, their muskets on their shoulders, and took possession of the quarters of the Bourse.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

He is known for a Nero,—that is, a fanatical reactionist.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

Rousseau was an exception, but then Rousseau was in truth a reactionist, and not a loyal member of the great company of reformers.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John