Reactionary
Reactionary adjective - Tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions.
Usage example: reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword
True and reactionary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "True" instead an adjective "Reactionary".
True
True adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Reactionary and true are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reactionary" instead an adjective "True".
Both words in one sentence
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Science Is Bad: Generally averted, as the Skull is not a true conservative or reactionary, but a Nazi, with the appropriate enthusiasm for science and technology as a means of improving human life.
Source: Comicbook / Red Skull - He didn't seem to fully grasp that if he was just as smart as Dumbledore, the reverse by definition was also true, or that Dumbledore's apparently reactionary policy might be masking a plan longer than Riddle's year-by-year plots.
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Vitriolic Best Buds: Streebek seems to view his partnership with Friday as such, and even confesses to Friday that in spite of all his past judgement in thinking he's thick-headed, insensitive, reactionary, and less fun to be around than anyone else he knows, he considers him a true friend.
Source: Franchise / Dragnet
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