un·re·con·struct·ed ( n r -k n-strk t d)adj. 1. Not reconciled to social, political, or economic change; maintaining outdated attitudes, beliefs, and practices. 2. Not reconciled to the outcome of the American Civil War. |
unreconstructed [ˌʌnriːkənsˈtrʌktɪd]
adj
Chiefly US unwilling to accept social and economic change, as exemplified by those White Southerners who refused to accept the Reconstruction after the Civil War
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| Adj. | 1. | unreconstructed - adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded; "peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart"; "there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit" reconstructed - adapted to social or economic change; "a reconstructed feminist" |
Translations
unreconstructed [ˌʌnriːkənˈstrʌktɪd] ADJ [system, idea, policy] → no reformado, inamovible; [person] → recalcitrante
unreconstructed
adj (pej) system, idea, policy → unverändert; she’s an unreconstructed communist → sie ist eingefleischte Kommunistin
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