reactionary

réactionnaire

Qui s’oppose aux changements sociaux ou politiques et souhaite revenir à l’ordre ancien.

En anglais simple : Opposing social or political change and wanting society to return to how it was in the past.

• He has reactionary views on education.
• The reactionary government reversed several social reforms.
• Critics called the new policy reactionary.

Synonymes : ultraconservative

Contraires : progressive

Expressions courantes : reactionary views, reactionary government, reactionary politics

réactif

Qui se produit ou se fait en réaction à autre chose.

En anglais simple : Done or happening as a response to something else.

• The price cut was a reactionary response to falling sales.
• Their reactionary decision followed a wave of complaints.
• The changes were largely reactionary.

Synonymes : reactive, responsive

Contraires : proactive

Expressions courantes : reactionary response, reactionary decision

réactionnel

Relatif à une transformation chimique entre des substances, ou qui la provoque.

En anglais simple : Relating to or causing a chemical change when substances interact.

• The study examined the mixture’s reactionary effects.
• Heat increased the reactionary activity of the compound.
• They measured temperature during the reactionary process.

Expressions courantes : reactionary process, reactionary effect

réactionnaire

Personne qui refuse les changements sociaux ou politiques et veut revenir à l’ordre ancien.

En anglais simple : Someone who opposes social or political change and wants to return to past ways.

• They called him a reactionary.
• The reactionaries opposed the new voting rights.
• She dismissed her critics as reactionaries who feared change.

Synonymes : ultraconservative

Contraires : progressive

Expressions courantes : political reactionary, staunch reactionary