neo-reactionary
/ˌniːəʊɹɪˈakʃn̩(ə)ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reacting against the (especially liberal) values of the modern world; now typically seen as characterised by opposition to egalitarianism, support for strong centralised government, and espousal of conservative economic policies.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "Following the outbreak of a revolution in Bolivia in December, 1943, the CTAL labeled the new Bolivian regime a "neo-reactionary victory" and pointed out that "their aim is undemocratic […]"."
- "Austria narrowly avoided installing a neo-reactionary president in last year’s two elections."
- "Neoreactionary thought contends that the world would operate much better in the hands of a few tech-savvy elites in a quasi-feudal system."
- "With the accession to power of the neo-reactionaries, Nixon and then Reagan, the timber companies and the "immediate gratification" right took complete charge."
- "Neoreactionaries believe that while technology and capitalism have advanced humanity over the past couple centuries, democracy has actually done more harm than good. They propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social order and monarchy."
- "Since 2013, he has become a guru for the US-based far-right movement neoreaction, or NRx as it often calls itself. Neoreactionaries believe in the replacement of modern nation-states, democracy and government bureaucracies by authoritarian city states, which on neoreaction blogs sound as much like idealised medieval kingdoms as they do modern enclaves such as Singapore."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌniːəʊɹɪˈakʃn̩(ə)ɹi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more neo-reactionary (comparative)
most neo-reactionary (superlative)
neoreactionary (alternative)
NRx (alternative)
neo-reactionaries (plural)