Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Reactionary: Describes a person, group, idea, or action that opposes social progress, revolutionary change, or modern liberal ideas, seeking to return to or preserve traditional, often outdated, social and political structures.

2. Noun:

   • Reactionary: A person who holds or promotes reactionary political views.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Chính sách phản động đó đã bị nhân dân phản đối. (That reactionary policy was opposed by the people.)
  • Tổ chức phản động bị giải tán. (The reactionary organization was dissolved.)

• Noun:

  • Hắn là một tên phản động. (He is a reactionary.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is strongly political and carries a severe negative connotation in Vietnamese discourse, implying active opposition to the state or progressive forces. It is often used in official, historical, or ideological contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Phản động viên (n): A reactionary element; a less common variant for a reactionary person.
• Tính phản động (n): The quality or character of being reactionary.

Synonyms

• Reactionary: Opposing political or social progress.
• Counter-revolutionary: Specifically opposing a revolution.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Âm mưu phản động: Reactionary plot.
  • Lực lượng an ninh ngăn chặn một âm mưu phản động. (Security forces thwarted a reactionary plot.)
• Tư tưởng phản động: Reactionary ideology.
  • Thanh niên cần tránh xa tư tưởng phản động. (Young people should stay away from reactionary ideology.)

verb

1. to react
   • sự phản động
     reaction