reactionary
പിന്തിരിപ്പൻ
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.
Social tensions are so pronounced that even the 'reactionary' clerics speak of reform.
But I'm also no 'reactionary' , in that I don't believe such a community has ever existed, not really.
No mere 'reactionary' , Schwartz was also interested in and informed about contemporary art that might look very different from his own.
He considered peasants a 'reactionary' force and peasant societies a drag on historical progress.
By this point we have the perfect marriage of 'reactionary' politics with suitably bad art.
The Times played a critical role in legitimizing this deeply 'reactionary' campaign.
He is an opportunist and a power hungry 'reactionary' , I don't even see him ‘liberalising’ the economy.
All political debate is funneled through two bourgeois and essentially 'reactionary' parties.
Buchanan is an extreme 'reactionary' who espouses views of an essentially fascistic character.
We have a 'reactionary' police force and they respond to the complaints of residents.
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.
He is a follower of Iran's Khomeini and a radical 'reactionary' on social issues.
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.
In 1932 the SPD supported a vote for the deeply 'reactionary' Hindenburg as German president.
Inside Haiti, the opposition has turned to the most 'reactionary' elements.
Chauvinist elements must not be permitted to channel the growing opposition to the social order in a 'reactionary' direction.
All in all, the five constituted a well-connected and thoroughly 'reactionary' group.
The first is that the Democratic Party is constitutionally incapable of opposing the profoundly 'reactionary' policies of the Republican right.
Can they proceed without grasping how the great mass upsurge of 1979 brought to power a thoroughly 'reactionary' regime?
But in addition to being erratic, Lewis has a particularly 'reactionary' political agenda.
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.
He was a subtle and effective 'reactionary' .
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 Trotsky's view this was a 'reactionary' Utopia.
Not just right-wing 'reactionaries' , either, but people of enlightened education and humane outlook.
The Christian 'reactionaries' who attempted to get Springer banned were clearly inspired by the success of the Sikh protests.
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