reactionist

Example Sentences

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next day the people returned, forming lines in front of the theatre, and forced the reactionist deputies to undergo their republican cheers.

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

"Yes," he said, "there are people who think I am a reactionist because I put down the ball-alley."

From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Evidence has come to light that all this time he was speaking in an entirely different key whenever his visitor was a reactionist or a clerical.

From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

With the exception of the interlude during the reign of the reactionist Julian, Christianity was the established religion of the Empire.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred