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NOUN:1. A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition: die-hard, reactionary, ultraconservative. See POLITICS. 2. An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate: fogy, fossil, fuddy-duddy. Informal : stick-in-the-mud. Slang : square. See NEW.
 
 
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