reactionismn.
/rɪˈakʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /rɪˈakʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /riˈækʃ(ə)ˌnɪzəm/ Reactionary principles or practice.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun]
reaction1792
statu quo-ism1834
retrogradism1849
reactionism1857
misoneism1886
reactionaryism1907
reactionariness1908
Blimpism1937
blimpery1940
immobilism1949
sclerosis1954
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > reaction
reactionism1857
reactionaryism1907
reaction1935
1857 P. Schaff Germany xvii. 165 In some cases there is danger even of injuring the cause of sound religion..by identifying it too much with political ultra-conservatism and reactionism.
1891 J. M. Robertson Mod. Humanists 91 For the Bentham group Burke finally represented sheer reactionism.
1930 A. I. Nazaroff Tolstoy vi. 90 This lack of ‘social sensibility’ shocked them. They even mistook it for the mortal sin of ‘reactionism’.
1968 W. Kidd in W. French & W. Kidd Amer. Winners of Nobel Literary Prize Introd. 6 In his best novels..Sinclair Lewis..ridicules..tawdry reactionism in politics and society, and shabby hypocrisy and confused moral standards in religion.
2001 Independent 18 May 16/8 For Pramoedya..it must be difficult to take this latest outburst of reactionism seriously. But the book-burners have said they will target the writers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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