retrogressive

Examples

• All

• It's a combination of tribalism, retrogressive cultural values and a totally decayed criminal justice system.

  A Mighty Heart (2007)

• But retrogressive tendencies have gained ground in the past few decades.

  Academic text (1994)

• In short, they voted for a retrogressive outcome.

  Blog text (2)

• The new financial diplomacy is retrogressive in all four areas.

  Academic text (2008)

• One of Ignatieff's purposes in writing this book, he tells us, was to inquire into this retrogressive trend.

  Academic text (1998)

• To the contrary, record evidence suggests that SB 14, if implemented, would in fact have a retrogressive effect on Hispanic and African American voters.

  Blog text (16)

• Nor did it justify lagging behind other nations and accepting a retrogressive state as a fateful decree from God.

  Academic text (2002)

• They have no feasible alternative, and that retrogressive behavior will persist until they are finally and completely dismantled.

  Blog text (4)

• Gujjar continued that the establishment and complicit political elite sustain a neo-colonial state and retrogressive, feudal social structures within Pakistan under the guise of defending the greater national interest.

  Blog text (14)

• The country's retrogressive policies have led to a decline in educational standards.

Synonyms

B

backward

vsretrogressive

29 3.5

Less developed than other places, especially in education or the economy

refers to returning to an earlier, worse state rather than simply lagging behind

R

regressive

vsretrogressive

5 7.5

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

describes decline or return without implying active opposition

R

retrograde

vsretrogressive

1 7.8

Becoming worse and returning to an earlier state

is the same meaning expressed with an alternative form

R

reversive

vsretrogressive

• Specialized

9.9

Tending to make something return to an earlier state

focuses on return or deterioration as a general condition not grammatical use

Antonyms

I

improvement

619 1.1

A change that makes something better

P

progressive

52 4.9

Happening slowly over time and becoming more serious

A

advancing

3.4

Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily

How Retrogressive

retrogressive

• Formal

1 8.3

regressive

5 7.5

backward

29 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology