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Line 1: − A "'''reactionary'''" is a negative term for resistance to [[left-wing]] or [[Marxist]] [[social experiment]]s, or someone who always favors the [[status quo]]. The term comes from the reactions that happened during the [[French Revolution]] against the excess of Jacobins in the Reign of Terror; this origin is often overlooked by [[liberals]] who use the term as slander against conservatives.+ − − ==History== − − The term comes from the [[Thermidorian Reaction]] that happened during the [[French Revolution]] against the excesses of the [[Jacobins]] in the [[Reign of Terror]]; this origin is often overlooked by [[liberals]] who use the term as slander against conservatives. − − The word 'reactionary' first appears in English in a translation of a letter about the [[Coup of 18 Fructidor]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMdDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149|last1=Carnot|first1=Lazare|title=Reply of L. N. M. Carnot: Citizen of France to the Report Made on the Conspiracy of the 18th Fructidor, 5th Year|date=1799|publisher=J. Wright|pages=149}}</ref> − − ==References== − {{Reflist}} − [[Category:Political Terms]][[category:Marxist Terminology]]
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