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From reactionary +‎ -ism.

Noun

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reactionaryism (uncountable)

  1. (politics) The advocacy of reactionary political positions.
    • 2000, Advocate of Dialogue[1], →ISBN, page 165:
      To accuse a movement of being reactionary, we must understand what is meant by reactionaryism.
    • 2012, Revolutionaries and Reformers[2], →ISBN, page 147:
      I have never believed that a threat of reactionaryism exists in Turkey.

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