Reaction

Reaction is what happens when responsibility has gone bad. --- G. Reaction and Neoreaction are often used interchangeably, but there are historical differences, e.g. because of the different time periods.1831, on model of French réactionnaire (19c.), from réaction (see reaction). In Marxist use, "tending toward reversing existing tendencies," opposed to revolutionary and used opprobriously in reference to opponents of communism, by 1858. As a noun, "person considered reactionary," especially in politics, one who seeks to check or undo political action, by 1855. [Etym r. Dec 2019]
Within self-identified Marxism it became a struggle partly about who is a Reactionary and/or a fascist and who is not. (Related: Tankieism.)
Reactionary is often used pejoratively by Lefties. 
"A reactionary movement advocates the restoration of a previous state of social affairs, while a progressive movement argues for a new social arrangement."Britannica, r. 2019
Joseph de Maistre; Tradition; Revolution
Movement; Action; Activism; Deed; Reactionary fascism
Response;
Reactivisim; Answer
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