A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not a reactionary.
Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.
An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.
All adventure is now reactionary.
Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.
I tend to be reactionary.