Definitions for reactionaries

reactionaries re·ac·tion·ar·y

Spelling: [ree-ak-shuh-ner-ee]
IPA: /riˈæk ʃəˌnɛr i/

Reactionaries is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1839 anagrams from letters in reactionaries (aaceeiinorrst).

Definitions for reactionaries

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  2. of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.

noun

  1. a reactionary person.
  2. a reactionary person.

Origin of reactionaries

1830-40; reaction + -ary; compare French réactionnaire

Examples for reactionaries

reactionary conservative candidates did alarmingly well in recent elections for the European Parliament.

And I am not alone in resenting your reactionary tendencies.

reactionary movements are, first and foremost, not rational.

Being a reactionary, I still felt that woman's place was not in the Army or Navy.

We are not speaking of a reactionary revolution but of the "activist."

I do, however, intend it to sound mean about the reactionary, prejudice-infested place she comes from.

Perhaps conservative is not the word; reactionary would be closer.

Decidedly, he ought to have sold himself to the reactionary party.

The 4th of July has been reactionary, chauvinistic, and out-of-date since 1776.

So Rove—I will give him this much—knows the workings of the fearful, reactionary mind.

reactionary conservative candidates did alarmingly well in recent elections for the European Parliament.

We are not speaking of a reactionary revolution but of the "activist."

The 4th of July has been reactionary, chauvinistic, and out-of-date since 1776.

I do, however, intend it to sound mean about the reactionary, prejudice-infested place she comes from.

Perhaps conservative is not the word; reactionary would be closer.

Decidedly, he ought to have sold himself to the reactionary party.

reactionary movements are, first and foremost, not rational.

Being a reactionary, I still felt that woman's place was not in the Army or Navy.

And I am not alone in resenting your reactionary tendencies.

So Rove—I will give him this much—knows the workings of the fearful, reactionary mind.

Word Value for reactionaries
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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