reactionaryism
Opposing all progress
Reactionaryism is advocacy for returning to a previous political or social order, opposing progressive change.
The term describes an ideology that goes beyond conservatism—not merely resisting reform but actively seeking to restore conditions from an earlier era: His reactionaryism led him to reject not just recent policies but the entire post-war consensus.
Preference for existing institutions
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- counter-revolutionRevolt against recent upheaval
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- monarchismAdvocacy for royal sovereignty
revanchism · anti-modernism · ultranationalism · obstructionism · establishment · orthodoxy · backlash · retrogression
Adherence to inherited customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
classicism · antiquarianism · preservation · veneration · puritanism · censorship · moralism · fundamentalism
Longing for the past
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
- rigidityState of being unbending
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
defensiveness · suspicion · hostility · obstinacy · intolerance · dogmatism · closed-mindedness · zealotry
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- counter-revolutionRevolt against recent upheaval
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
monarchism · revanchism · anti-modernism · ultranationalism · obstructionism · establishment · orthodoxy · backlash · retrogression · paleoconservatism
traditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
convention · classicism · antiquarianism · preservation · veneration · puritanism · censorship · moralism · fundamentalism
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
- rigidityState of being unbending
inflexibility · defensiveness · suspicion · hostility · obstinacy · intolerance · dogmatism · closed-mindedness · zealotry · militancy
reactionaryismprogressivism
Philosophy advocating societal reform
radicalism · liberalism · revolutionary politics · reformism · leftism
reactionaryismopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · progressiveness · liberalness · nonconformism · nonconformity
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