反动 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- diehard adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
- reactionary adj Strongly opposed to political or social change, and favouring a return to how things used to be.
Senses
反动 is used for these senses in English:
- diehard Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
- reactionary (politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.
- reactionary (politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.
diehard — full definition
- adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
- adj Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
- adj Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
- adj Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.
reactionary — full definition
- adj Strongly opposed to political or social change, and favouring a return to how things used to be.
- noun A person who opposes progress or reform and wants to restore an earlier state of affairs.