neo-reactionary
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editFrom neo- + reactionary, in the contemporary meaning popularized in a 2010 blog post.[1]
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editneo-reactionary (comparative more neo-reactionary, superlative most neo-reactionary)
- (politics, chiefly derogatory) Reacting against the (especially liberal) values of the modern world; now typically seen as characterised by opposition to egalitarianism, support for strong centralised government, and espousal of conservative economic policies. [from 20th c.]
- 1945, Labor Fact Book, volume 7, page 197:
- Following the outbreak of a revolution in Bolivia in December, 1943, the CTAL labeled the new Bolivian regime a "neo-reactionary victory" and pointed out that "their aim is undemocratic […]".
- 2017 April, Andrew Sullivan, “The Reactionary Temptation”, in New York Magazine[2]:
- Austria narrowly avoided installing a neo-reactionary president in last year’s two elections.
Noun
editneo-reactionary (plural neo-reactionaries)
- (politics, chiefly derogatory) Someone who holds such views. [from 20th c.]
- 1991, Z Magazine, volume 4, page 16:
- With the accession to power of the neo-reactionaries, Nixon and then Reagan, the timber companies and the "immediate gratification" right took complete charge.
- 2013 November 23, Klint Finley, “Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries”, in TechCrunch[4], archived from the original on 2013-12-02:
- Neoreactionaries believe that while technology and capitalism have advanced humanity over the past couple centuries, democracy has actually done more harm than good. They propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social order and monarchy.
- 2017 May 11, Andy Beckett, “Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in”, in The Guardian[5]:
- Since 2013, he has become a guru for the US-based far-right movement neoreaction, or NRx as it often calls itself. Neoreactionaries believe in the replacement of modern nation-states, democracy and government bureaucracies by authoritarian city states, which on neoreaction blogs sound as much like idealised medieval kingdoms as they do modern enclaves such as Singapore.
See also
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edit- ^ Arnold Kling (2010 July 18) “The Neo-Reactionaries”, in EconLog[1], archived from the original on 2019-07-01
Further reading
edit- neo-reactionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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