reaktionär

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German

Etymology

From Reaktion +‎ -är.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Etymology

reaktion +‎ -är

Adjective

reaktionär

  1. reactionary

Declension

Inflection of reaktionär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular reaktionär mer reaktionär mest reaktionär
Neuter singular reaktionärt mer reaktionärt mest reaktionärt
Plural reaktionära mer reaktionära mest reaktionära
Masculine plural3 reaktionäre mer reaktionära mest reaktionära
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 reaktionäre mer reaktionäre mest reaktionäre
All reaktionära mer reaktionära mest reaktionära
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

Noun

reaktionär c

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

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