reactionary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
    extreme right-winger; ultraconservative.
  2. adjective satellite extremely conservative
    reactionist; far-right.

WordNet

Re*ac"tion*a*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Re*ac"tion*a*ry noun
Wordforms
plural Reactionaries
Definitions
  1. One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.

Webster 1913