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-{{Template}}'''Reactionary''' (or '''reactionist''') is a political epithet, generally used as a [[pejorative]], originally applied in the context of the [[French Revolution]] to [[counter-revolutionary|counter-revolutionaries]] who wished to restore the real or imagined conditions of the [[monarchy|monarchical]] ''[[Ancien Régime]]''. Through the 19th century, it was used to refer to those who wished to preserve [[feudalism]] or [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] privilege against [[industrialism]], [[republicanism]], [[liberalism]], and in some cases [[socialism]]. +{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"
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 +# [[fanatically]] [[opposed]] to [[progress]] or [[liberalism]]; very [[conservative]]
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 +In [[political science]], a '''reactionary''' is a person who holds political views that favour a return to the ''[[Status quo ante bellum|status quo ante]]'', the previous political state of society, which they believe possessed characteristics (most notably [[Economic growth|economic prosperity]], [[justice]], [[ownership|individual ownership]], [[discipline]], [[Traditionalist conservatism|respect for authority]]) that are negatively absent from the contemporary ''status quo'' of a society. As an adjective, the word ''reactionary'' describes points of view and policies meant to restore the ''status quo ante''.
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 +Political reactionaries are found on the [[right-wing]] and [[left-wing]]. Reactionary ideologies can also be radical, in the sense of [[Extremism|political extremism]], in service to re-establishing the ''status quo ante''. In political discourse, being a reactionary is generally regarded as negative; the descriptor "political reactionary" has been adopted by the likes of the Austrian monarchist [[Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn]], the Colombian [[political theology|political theologian]] [[Nicolás Gómez Dávila]], and the American historian [[John Lukacs]].
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 +==See also==
 +* [[Age of Metternich]]
 +* [[Anti-modernism]]
 +* [[Fundamentalism]]
 +* [[Glossary of the French Revolution]]
 +* [[List of people associated with the French Revolution]]
 +* [[Political radicalism]]
 +* [[Romanticism]]
-Later on in the early [[20th century]], the term also came to describe those favouring a stronger role of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] in society, as well as - pejoratively - the diverse groups and individuals criticizing certain aspects of [[ideology|ideologies]] like [[liberalism]], [[democratic socialism]], secularism, and other leftist ideologies. 
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  1. fanatically opposed to progress or liberalism; very conservative

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In political science, a reactionary is a person who holds political views that favour a return to the status quo ante, the previous political state of society, which they believe possessed characteristics (most notably economic prosperity, justice, individual ownership, discipline, respect for authority) that are negatively absent from the contemporary status quo of a society. As an adjective, the word reactionary describes points of view and policies meant to restore the status quo ante.

Political reactionaries are found on the right-wing and left-wing. Reactionary ideologies can also be radical, in the sense of political extremism, in service to re-establishing the status quo ante. In political discourse, being a reactionary is generally regarded as negative; the descriptor "political reactionary" has been adopted by the likes of the Austrian monarchist Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, the Colombian political theologian Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and the American historian John Lukacs.

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