Please. Learn this word. I've seen it used incorrectly countless times in journalism, and I always cringe. Writing is supposedly their profession right? They should know how to use words correctly. FYI, people always think reactionary means something akin to reactive.
A Word Everyone Should Know
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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reactionaryadjectivea reactionary policy: right-wing, conservative, rightist,ultraconservative; traditionalist, conventional, old-fashioned,unprogressive; informal redneck. ANTONYMS progressive.nounan extreme reactionary: right-winger, conservative, rightist;traditionalist, conventionalist, dinosaur. ANTONYMS radical.
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