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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

  1. adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
  2. adj Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
  3. adj Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
  4. adj Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.

reactionary — full definition

  1. adj Strongly opposed to political or social change, and favouring a return to how things used to be.
  2. noun A person who opposes progress or reform and wants to restore an earlier state of affairs.