Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not reconciled to social, political, or economic change; maintaining outdated attitudes, beliefs, and practices.
- adjective Not reconciled to the outcome of the American Civil War.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not reconstructed; specifically, in United States politics, not yet reorganized as a State of the Union: applied to seceded States after the civil war; also, loosely, to citizens of the South not reconciled to the results of that war.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
reconstructed . - adjective Unreconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the
Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It’s perhaps more than anything else this realization – that the mobilization of the unreconstructed is a permanent fixture in American politics – that separates, not just the netroots, but the liberal bloggers in general, from Chait and his more high-minded comrades.
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The other agencies were overrun by a number of young Indians of what might be termed the unreconstructed class, and these, excited by reports brought in by runners from the openly hostile, were slipping off in scores to join them.
Under Fire Charles King 1888
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Sixty-six years after the end of the second world war, and 50 years after the Berlin Wall went up, the so-called unreconstructed Germans are allegedly at it again: seeking hegemony over the rest of Europe.
The Guardian World News David Gow 2011
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If you buy the biblical spin of the Religious Right folks -- that make up the bulk of the Tea Party movement -- the implication is clear: Jesus will soon return, send all Democrats, gays, blacks, progressives, liberals, college-educated unbelievers, etc., to Hell, while saving what Sarah Palin calls "us" "Real Americans" -- in other words unreconstructed frightened and resentful white lower middle class Americans.
AlterNet 2009
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If you buy the biblical spin of the Religious Right folks -- that make up the bulk of the Tea Party movement -- the implication is clear: Jesus will soon return, send all Democrats, gays, blacks, progressives, liberals, college-educated unbelievers, etc., to Hell, while saving what Sarah Palin calls "us" "Real Americans" -- in other words unreconstructed frightened and resentful white lower middle class Americans.
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If you buy the biblical spin of the Religious Right folks -- that make up the bulk of the Tea Party movement -- the implication is clear: Jesus will soon return, send all Democrats, gays, blacks, progressives, liberals, college-educated unbelievers, etc., to Hell, while saving what Sarah Palin calls "us" "Real Americans" -- in other words unreconstructed frightened and resentful white lower middle class Americans.
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If you buy the biblical spin of the Religious Right folks -- that make up the bulk of the Tea Party movement -- the implication is clear: Jesus will soon return, send all Democrats, gays, blacks, progressives, liberals, college-educated unbelievers, etc., to Hell, while saving what Sarah Palin calls "us" "Real Americans" -- in other words unreconstructed frightened and resentful white lower middle class Americans.
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Let's face it, you are a little 'unreconstructed' but that is part of your charm.
Its Goodbye to Humour. Glyn Davies 2008
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There's a kind of unreconstructed species prejudice at work: a lion is one of us but a lizard is not.
Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990
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She was entirely "unreconstructed" to the day of her death.
I. Boyhood and Youth 1913
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