retrograde

Examples

• All

• The topic would unite their leftist base and enable them to demonize opponents of the measure—particularly the Catholic Church, with which they have long tense dealings—as retrograde bigots.

  Academic text (2013)

• And that that's a retrograde movement.

• To my father, the suggestion was retrograde.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Why didn't you just add a few more paragraphs to explain a little more what the thinking behind this clearly retrograde step is?

  Blog text (8)

• Since we already had the right to raise children, using child-rearing as an objection to legalizing marriage seems a retrograde argument.

  Blog text (27)

• It may seem churlish and retrograde to raise moral objections against gambling, especially given its deep roots in American history.

  Academic text (1996)

• Every attempt to reassert the authority of the Western tradition is routinely denounced as retrograde cultural imperialism.

  Academic text (2000)

• The proposed changes to the policy are seen as retrograde, moving us back to outdated practices.

• His retrograde approach to technology left the company struggling to keep up with competitors.

Synonyms

B

backward

vsretrograde

40 1.4

Toward an earlier time

covers any motion toward an earlier direction or being contrary to a previous order

R

reverse

vsretrograde

32 3.9

Opposite to what is usual or expected

stresses movement toward an earlier direction or opposition to previous order

R

regressive

vsretrograde

5 7.5

A return to an earlier, less advanced state that stops progress

is about literal movement toward an earlier direction or being contrary to prior order

C

contrary

vsretrograde

5 4.3

Moving in the opposite direction

focuses on motion toward an earlier direction or opposition to a previous order

R

rearward

vsretrograde

1 7.0

Located at or pointing toward the back of something

applies more widely to motion toward an earlier direction or opposition rather than location

R

reversed

vsretrograde

3.4

Turned the other way or placed in the opposite order

is about movement toward an earlier direction or being contrary to prior order

R

reversive

vsretrograde

• Specialized

9.9

Tending to make something return to an earlier state

is more general, meaning movement toward an earlier direction or opposing prior order

R

retroverted

vsretrograde

• Archaic

9.9

Moved back to an earlier position or state

is broader and means moving toward an earlier direction or contrary to previous order

R

reverting

vsretrograde

5.8

Going back to an earlier state

is about directed motion toward an earlier direction or being contrary to a prior order

R

retral

vsretrograde

9.9

At or toward the back of something

focuses on motion toward an earlier direction or opposition to a prior order

Compounds

R

retrograde amnesia

• Specialized

3 8.1

A loss of memory for events just before an injury

How Backward

retrograde

2 7.9

backward

84 1.0

forward

176 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology