reactionaryism

noun

Definition of reactionaryismnext
as in conservativeness
attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions the region's entrenched reactionaryism made it one of the major battlegrounds for the civil rights movement in the 1960s

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conservatism
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  • With the rise of modern conservatism in the ’70s and ’80s, Main said influential figures on the right began to approach politics as war.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Kruse’s work on the political history of modern conservatism has helped readers understand that today’s partisan landscape did not emerge overnight but has a long, traceable history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of conservatism
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