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reaktionär

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German

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Etymology

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From Reaktion +‎ -är.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁe.ak.t͡si̯oˈnɛːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈneːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧ak‧tion‧är

Adjective

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reaktionär (strong nominative masculine singular reaktionärer, comparative reaktionärer, superlative am reaktionärsten)

  1. (generally) reactionary (opposed to change)
  2. (communism, other ideologies) reactionary (opposed to the particular ideology)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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reaktion +‎ -är

Adjective

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reaktionär

  1. reactionary

Declension

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Inflection of reaktionär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular reaktionär mer reaktionär mest reaktionär
neuter singular reaktionärt mer reaktionärt mest reaktionärt
plural reaktionära mer reaktionära mest reaktionära
masculine plural2 reaktionäre mer reaktionära mest reaktionära
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 reaktionäre mer reaktionäre mest reaktionäre
all reaktionära mer reaktionära mest reaktionära

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

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Noun

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reaktionär c

  1. a reactionary; a person of right-wing or conservative political views

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