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- noun the political orientation of reactionaries
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Examples
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The file continues, This informant stated that Schary is a consistent protester against 'reactionism' and Fascism and was a strong advocate of the 'Second Front Now.'
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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"reactionism" means nothing— except in connection with democracy.
A Miscellany of Men 1905
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PATRICK: So would we see some kind of parallel wave of reactionism, I guess, from other segments of the youth society or other segments of the Muslim society?
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PATRICK: So would we see some kind of parallel wave of reactionism, I guess, from other segments of the youth society or other segments of the Muslim society?
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I've previously enjoyed Overstreet's good sense, thoughtfulness, and lack of reactionism when talking about movies.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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No doubt he was a young man filled with a passion for what he would later advertise as "change" -- studying how to rid the world of nuclear weapons as an undergraduate at Columbia, where he graduated in 1983, and heading to Chicago as a community organizer poised to do battle against Reagan's "trickle-down economics," but the reactionism of the 1980s clearly changed him.
Will Bunch: Along Came "Jones": Why My Generation Isn't Saving the World 2010
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No doubt he was a young man filled with a passion for what he would later advertise as "change" -- studying how to rid the world of nuclear weapons as an undergraduate at Columbia, where he graduated in 1983, and heading to Chicago as a community organizer poised to do battle against Reagan's "trickle-down economics," but the reactionism of the 1980s clearly changed him.
Will Bunch: Along Came "Jones": Why My Generation Isn't Saving the World 2010
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I've previously enjoyed Overstreet's good sense, thoughtfulness, and lack of reactionism when talking about movies.
January Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour Day 2 2008
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The bancruptcy of compromises by democrats too afraid for personal reasons to stand up to the republican reactionism of the last 25 yrs. is now becoming apparent through the campaign of HRC.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Zogby: Obama Leads By Ten Points In New Hampshire 2009
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Obama should be pushing this as McCain's unthinking reactionism to an issue and enormous hubris.
Obama Campaign: Obama Made First Gesture Towards Joint Action On Crisis 2009
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