reactionary
ਪਿਛਾਖੜੀ
definition
noun
The lesson of the story was that from a long-term point of view, all reactionaries are paper tigers.
a reactionary person.
adjective
It is a highly political ruling with reactionary consequences for both asylum-seekers and democratic rights as a whole.
(of a person or a set of views) opposing political or social liberalization or reform.
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In a professional army, the extent of deeply 'reactionary' political sentiment is far greater.
And that to believe otherwise is to be a heartless, right-wing 'reactionary' .
All these policies are simply different sides of the same 'reactionary' agenda.
In 1932 the SPD supported a vote for the deeply 'reactionary' Hindenburg as German president.
He was a subtle and effective 'reactionary' .
Can they proceed without grasping how the great mass upsurge of 1979 brought to power a thoroughly 'reactionary' regime?
All political debate is funneled through two bourgeois and essentially 'reactionary' parties.
Her tone was that of a conservative 'reactionary' bemoaning the collapse of family values.
To make matters even worse, a Democratic president, Buchanan, gave his political support to these 'reactionary' efforts.
Social tensions are so pronounced that even the 'reactionary' clerics speak of reform.
The Times played a critical role in legitimizing this deeply 'reactionary' campaign.
The first is that the Democratic Party is constitutionally incapable of opposing the profoundly 'reactionary' policies of the Republican right.
Inside Haiti, the opposition has turned to the most 'reactionary' elements.
By this point we have the perfect marriage of 'reactionary' politics with suitably bad art.
We have a 'reactionary' police force and they respond to the complaints of residents.
In Trotsky's view this was a 'reactionary' Utopia.
No mere 'reactionary' , Schwartz was also interested in and informed about contemporary art that might look very different from his own.
All in all, the five constituted a well-connected and thoroughly 'reactionary' group.
Before you go about calling me a 'reactionary' , it could be that future generations will view the horror of the music culture in the same light as the crack epidemic.
Buchanan is an extreme 'reactionary' who espouses views of an essentially fascistic character.
He is a follower of Iran's Khomeini and a radical 'reactionary' on social issues.
But in addition to being erratic, Lewis has a particularly 'reactionary' political agenda.
Chauvinist elements must not be permitted to channel the growing opposition to the social order in a 'reactionary' direction.
It is a highly political ruling with 'reactionary' consequences for both asylum-seekers and democratic rights as a whole.
The fact that no one has claimed responsibility only underscores the profoundly 'reactionary' character of these attacks.
But I'm also no 'reactionary' , in that I don't believe such a community has ever existed, not really.
He is an opportunist and a power hungry 'reactionary' , I don't even see him ‘liberalising’ the economy.
He considered peasants a 'reactionary' force and peasant societies a drag on historical progress.
The Christian 'reactionaries' who attempted to get Springer banned were clearly inspired by the success of the Sikh protests.
Everything is done to keep the American people in the dark about the political and legal views of the 'reactionaries' who are filling up the federal bench.
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