reactionary

Example Sentences

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Investors are waking up to the harsh realities and the financial penalties of a reordered, reactionary world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This means the stock and options markets should be stuck in a volatile reactionary state for a prolonged period.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The economic pinch, mixed with thriving reactionary online culture and tense gender dynamics, creates a fertile soil for groups like Park's to recruit from.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

It also reflected—in the lack of any real sense of scandal to follow—where we are, as a society, in this reactionary era.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025

You have to be actionary, rather than reactionary.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman