A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant and bigoted opponent of reform.

One who professes inveterate attachment to old ways; an opponent of reform.

A person inclined or favourable to reaction, esp. one who is against radical political or social reform, and in favour of a reversion to a former…

A person who favours the existing state of affairs; spec. one who believes that human society remains in more or less the same state throughout…

A person who opposes reform or change; a backward-looking, conservative, or reactionary person.

Originally North American (usually derogatory). Originally: a poorly educated white person working as an agricultural labourer or from a rural area…

Elliptical uses of the adjective. A person resistant to movement or change; spec. a politician considered hostile to progress, a reactionary.

colloquial (depreciative). A person who is resistant to change; an unprogressive or unadventurous person.

A social or political reactionary; (also) a person who reacts to or against something.

An advocate or supporter of retrogression or of reactionary principles.

A person who tends to be retrograde, or to favour retrogression; a reactionary.

A man from a remote or mountainous area of Ireland; (derogatory) such a man regarded as ignorant, uneducated, or conservative in outlook.

A person who dislikes novelty.

= reactionary, n.

allusively. More fully Colonel Blimp. The type of person with old-fashioned or reactionary opinions and a pompous and peremptory manner, embodied…

figurative (humorous and derogatory). A primitive, uncivilized, or loutish person; spec. a reactionary, a male chauvinist.

Originally and chiefly U.S. Usually in form hardhat. A reactionary or conservative person; a person who is actively and outspokenly opposed to…