unreconstructed

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The other agencies were overrun by a number of young Indians of what might be termed the unreconstructed class, and these, excited by reports brought in by runners from the openly hostile, were slipping off in scores to join them.

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  1. adjective Not reconciled to social, political, or economic change; maintaining outdated attitudes, beliefs, and practices.
  2. adjective Not reconciled to the outcome of the American Civil War.

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  • At this moment a great deal of exaggerated talk was current as to the sunny life and easy wealth of Latin America, and under its influences many "unreconstructed" Southerners made their way to Mexico, Brazil, Peru, or the Argentine. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • So the government is trying to persuade voters of two contradictory things: that the Conservative party is made up of unreconstructed rightwingers while at the same time being led, as the foreign secretary put it, by "a politician of the status quo". —  politicalbetting.com
  • What is interesting and disconcerting is that Barack Obama's point guy on this upcoming Summit gave the unreconstructed, neoconservative-friendly, ideologically vapid, 'unchastened by five decades of embargo failure' answer to my question on Cuba. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • This is an old-fashioned, unreconstructed politics whose goal, first and foremost, is to get the candidate elected, the truth be damned. —  The Swamp
  • Because of the shoddy reporting during the 2008 campaign, few have any idea whether Obama is a centrist or an unreconstructed socialist. —  Another Rovian Conspiracy
 

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/ənrikɑnˈstrəktɛd/
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