Definitions for unreconstructedˌʌn ri kənˈstrʌk tɪd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•re•con•struct•edˌʌn ri kənˈstrʌk tɪd(adj.)
stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations:
an unreconstructed conservative.
Category: American History
Origin of unreconstructed:
1865–70, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
unreconstructed(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
unreconstructed(Adjective)
Not reconstructed.
unreconstructed(Adjective)
Unreconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
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