mossbacked
ADJECTIVE
reactionary
Synonyms
WEAK
counterrevolutionary
die-hard
old-line
orthodox
regressive
retrogressive
rightist
rigid
standpat
traditional
traditionalistic
ultraconservative/ultra-conservative
Example Sentences
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She is at some pains, though, to dispel the widespread notion that the books can’t be much good because their author was a toff—a snob, a name-dropper, a mossbacked Tory.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
