Synonyms for retrogressive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : re-truh-gres-iv

Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛ trəˈgrɛs ɪv

Définition of retrogressive

Origin : "tending to move backward," 1785, from Latin retrogress-, past participle stem of retrogradi "move backward, go backward" (see retrograde) + -ive. Related: Retrogressively.

adj backward

Example sentences :

The reformer who was so recently "retrogressive" had now become a rival in reform.
Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling

But man in himself, essentially, is at once progressive and retrogressive.
Extract from : « Modern Skepticism » by C. J. Ellicott

Scott, it must be remembered, was a retrogressive influence.
Extract from : « James Frederick Ferrier » by Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

He is in fact a representative of retrogressive development.
Extract from : « The Evolutionist at Large » by Grant Allen

This is one of the retrogressive measures which are daily occurrences in Russia.
Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel

Henceforth their history was to show a retrogressive movement.
Extract from : « Antony Waymouth » by W.H.G. Kingston

Further than this retrogressive and imitative movement he never seemed to go.
Extract from : « Twelve Types » by G.K. Chesterton

But he draws no conclusion except that spiritualism is retrogressive.
Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang

In Music a retrogressive step in which there is much hope, has been taken.
Extract from : « Charles Dickens and Music » by James T. Lightwood

The development of the adult from the larva is, as has already been stated, in the main a retrogressive metamorphosis.
Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour

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