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Colonel Blimp vs reactionary

reactionary vs Colonel Blimp

Colonel Blimp and reactionary both are nouns.

Colonel Blimp is not an adjective while reactionary is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Colonel Blimp Yes No No No
reactionary Yes Yes No No
As nouns, reactionary is a hypernym of Colonel Blimp; that is, reactionary is a word with a broader meaning than Colonel Blimp:
  • Colonel Blimp: any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
  • reactionary: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
Other hypernyms of Colonel Blimp include extreme right-winger, ultraconservative.
Colonel Blimp (noun) reactionary (noun)
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low
Colonel Blimp (adjective) reactionary (adjective)
opposed to political or social liberalism or reform
Difference between Colonel Blimp and reactionary

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