Reactionary: alternatives and connections

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Reactionary

Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bourbon 76% connected

A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

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Conservative 76% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reactionist 92% connected

A reactionary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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