unreconstructed
[ uhn-ree-kuh n-struhk-tid ]
/ ˌʌn ri kənˈstrʌk tɪd /
adjective
stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations: an unreconstructed conservative.
U.S. History.
(of Southern states) not accepting the conditions for reinstatement in the Union after the Civil War.
Origin of unreconstructed
Words nearby unreconstructed
unreasonable behaviour,
unreasoning,
unreckonable,
unrecognizable,
unrecognized,
unreconstructed,
unreconstructible,
unrecorded,
unreel,
unreeve,
unrefined
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British Dictionary definitions for unreconstructed
unreconstructed
/ (ˌʌnriːkənsˈtrʌktɪd) /
adjective
mainly US
unwilling to accept social and economic change, as exemplified by those White Southerners who refused to accept the Reconstruction after the Civil War