modified
rigid, retrogressive, regressive, ultraconservative; see conservative.
noun
right-winger, die-hard, ultraconservative; see conservative.
See reactionary in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Vehemently, often fanatically opposing progress or reform:
Clinging to obsolete ideas:
A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition:
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