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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Reactionary

/(-ā̇*ry̆)/ · Re·ac·tion·a·ry · IPA /ɹiˈæk.ʃəˌnɛɚ.i/
01 a. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
  1. 1.
    Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
02 n. One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
pl. Reactionaries ((-rĭz))
  1. 1.
    One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.