different between illiberal vs reactionary

English

Etymology

From Middle French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis.

Adjective

illiberal (comparative more illiberal, superlative most illiberal)

1. Restrictive of individual choice and freedom.

   Synonyms: antiliberal, oppressive, authoritarian

   Antonym: liberal
2. Narrow-minded; bigoted.

   Synonym: antiliberal

   Antonyms: generous, broad-minded
3. (archaic) Ungenerous, stingy.
4. (economics, politics) Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism.

   Synonym: antiliberal

Related terms

• illiberally
• illiberalism

Translations

Noun

illiberal (plural illiberals)

1. One opposed to liberal principles.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??libe?a?l/, /?libe??a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

illiberal (comparative illiberaler, superlative am illiberalsten)

1. illiberal

Declension

English

Etymology

From French réactionnaire. Used in the time of the French revolution to refer to a person opposing the revolution; as in a person favoring a reaction to the revolution. First known usage in English in a translation of Lazare Carnot's letter on the Conspiracy of the 18th Fructidor published in London, 1799.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?æk??n(?)?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?æk???n??i/
• Hyphenation: re?ac?tion?ary
• Rhymes: -æri

Adjective

reactionary (comparative more reactionary, superlative most reactionary)

1. Politically favoring a return to a golden age of the past.
2. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
   • 2013, Brandon Smith, Are Individuals The Property Of The Collective?

     Psychiatry extends the theory into biology in the belief that all human behavior is nothing more than a series of reactionary chemical processes in the brain that determine pre-coded genetic responses built up from the conditioning of one’s environment.

3. In reaction to, as a result of.

Antonyms

• nonreactionary

Translations

Noun

reactionary (plural reactionaries)

1. One who is opposed to change and wants to reverse it.
2. One who is very conservative.

Translations

Further reading

• "reactionary" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 256.
• reactionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• creationary