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retrogressive

adjective

ret·​ro·​gres·​sive ˌre-trə-ˈgre-siv How to pronounce retrogressive (audio)
: characterized by retrogression: such as
a
: going or directed backward
b
: declining from a better to a worse state
c
: passing from a higher to a lower level of organization
retrogressive evolution
retrogressively adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Representation can help change this retrogressive thinking. Elissa Strauss, CNN, 3 Dec. 2020 Those against Brexit portrayed it as historically retrogressive, taking the country out of the collective European project while imperiling access to the European marketplace — the destination for nearly half of the nation’s exports. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019 But Tan appears to be responding to the retrogressive entrenchment of hard-line conservative values and intolerance in pockets of American life today. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of retrogressive was in 1688

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