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Talk:Nazism/Revolutionary not Reactionary This is the reasons why the word 'reactionary' needs to be removed from the Nazism article.WHEELER 16:18, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Textbook

The Magruder's highschool American Government textbook uses the label as the "far right" position, described as "favor[ing] extreme change to restore society to an earlier, more conservative state". Not sure what else to say about that...

[edit] Recent edits

I'm wondering about a few (semi-)recent edits.

  • [1] removed "as well as being based in a desire to not only halt progressive change but to reverse it." This may have been ill-placed (too associated with "opprobrium"), but I think it is basically on the mark and should be stated somewhere.
  • [2] changed "In the 19th century this term was used…" to "In the 17-19th century this term was used…" I doubt that the term was used at all in the 17th century; I'd be very surprised if it originates before the late 18th in any language. Having been wondering about this, I looked it up in the OED Online, which my local library nicely makes available. Their earliest citation is "1840 J. S. MILL in London & Westm. Rev. Mar. 276 The philosophers of the reactionary school—of the school to which Coleridge belongs." For etymology, they say "[f. REACTION (chiefly in sense 4) + -ARY1. Cf. F. réactionnaire (19th c.).] " I am reverting this edit, and will cite the OED for early use date. - Jmabel | Talk 01:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)