unreconstructed

unreconstructed
[[t]ʌ̱nriːkənstrʌ̱ktɪd[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval)
If you describe systems, beliefs, policies, or people as unreconstructed, you are critical of them because they have not changed at all, in spite of new ideas and circumstances.

...the unreconstructed racism of the official opposition...

She accused him of being an unreconstructed male chauvinist.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • unreconstructed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not reconciled or converted to the current political theory or movement …   English terms dictionary

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