reactionary

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɹiˈækʃən(ə)ɹi/
• (GA) IPA: /ɹiˈækʃəˌnɛɹi/

Adjective

reactionary

1. Politically favoring a return to a supposed golden age of the past.
2. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
   • 2013, Brandon Smith, Are Individuals The Property Of The Collective? ↗

     Psychiatry extends the theory into biology in the belief that all human behavior is nothing more than a series of reactionary chemical processes in the brain that determine pre-coded genetic responses built up from the conditioning of one’s environment.

Antonyms

• nonreactionary

Translations

• French: réactionnaire
• German: reaktionär
• Italian: codino, codina
• Portuguese: reacionário
• Russian: реакцио́нный
• Spanish: reaccionario

Noun

reactionary (plural reactionaries)

1. One who is opposed to change.
2. One who is very conservative.

Translations

• French: réactionnaire
• German: Reaktionär, Reaktionärin
• Italian: codino, codina, reazionario
• Portuguese: reacionário
• Russian: реакционе́р
• Spanish: reaccionario

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