Synonyms for regressive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-gres-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈgrɛs ɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for regressive Other synonyms for the word regressive
- aback
- abaft
- about
- astern
- backward
- behind
- contrariwise
- die-hard
- dormant
- in reverse
- inactive
- inside out
- inverted
- latent
- old-line
- opposite
- orthodox
- relapsing
- retrograde
- retrogressive
- right
- standpat
- suspended
- Tory
- traditional
- traditionalistic
- transposed
- turned
- turned around
- turned back
- ultraconservative
Définition of regressive
Origin :- 1630s; see regress + -ive. In reference to taxation, it is attested from 1889. Related: Regressively.
- As in reactionary : adj conservative
- As in backward : adj toward the rear
- As in recessive : adj passive
- As in reversed : adj turned around
- As in mossbacked : adj reactionary
- As in retrogressive : adj backward
- He had conquered his regressive tendencies and his speech was improving.
- Extract from : « Psychoanalysis » by Andr Tridon
- In so far as sleep is psychologically determined, it is a regressive phenomenon.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- The double work-support is, of course, a great improvement, while the tool-support is regressive since it lacks a feed screw.
- Extract from : « Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 » by Anonymous
- Whether in regressive or progressive series, each to-day presents a case of arrested development.
- Extract from : « The North American Slime-Moulds » by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
- Sanity and insanity are, roughly speaking, states where progressive or regressive thinking rule.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- The above are more or less a priori reasons for regarding the stupor as a regressive reaction.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- The frequency with which the delusion of mutual death occurs in stupor is another evidence of its regressive psychology.
- Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
- This regressive metamorphosis—for I cannot style it otherwise—is rare but not without examples.
- Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
- Activity is, therefore, not contradictory to the organism, but favors in it the natural progressive and regressive metamorphosis.
- Extract from : « Pedagogics as a System » by Karl Rosenkranz
- The conflict, however, played itself off in his dreams, offering a solution of a regressive type.
- Extract from : « Psychoanalysis » by Andr Tridon
Antonyms for regressive
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