reaction

describes a political view that favors previous political aspects or states over present ones
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reaction

Summary

reaction is a political concept[1]. reaction ranks in the top 5% of political_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • reaction's instance of is recorded as political concept[3].
  • reaction's instance of is recorded as ideology[4].
  • reaction's instance of is recorded as political movement[5].
  • reaction is a type of conservatism[6].
  • reaction is the opposite of progressivism[7].
  • reaction's significant event is recorded as French Revolution[8].
  • reaction's significant event is recorded as Thermidorian Reaction[9].
  • reaction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reactionary[10].
  • reaction's facet of is recorded as right-wing[11].
  • reaction's facet of is recorded as traditionalist conservatism[12].
  • reaction's facet of is recorded as extremism[13].
  • reaction's facet of is recorded as far-right politics[14].
  • reaction's facet of is recorded as far-right[15].
  • reaction's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • reaction's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Alexander III of Russia[18].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Louis de Bonald[19].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Joseph de Maistre[20].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Charles X of France[21].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Reinhart Koselleck[22].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Karl Ludwig von Haller[23].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Klemens von Metternich[24].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Franz von Papen[25].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Juan Donoso Cortés[26].
  • reaction's significant person is recorded as Francisco Franco[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include political concept[3], ideology[4], and political movement[5]. reaction is a type of conservatism[6]. reaction is the opposite of progressivism[7].

Why It Matters

reaction ranks in the top 5% of political_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,486 views/month).[2] reaction has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] reaction is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of right-wing, traditionalist conservatism, extremism +2
    Instance of political concept, ideology, political movement
    Significant person Alexander III of Russia, Louis de Bonald, Joseph de Maistre +14
    Opposite of progressivism
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563239805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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