Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Going backward; retrograde; declining in strength or excellence; degenerating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
- adjective (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
retrogression - adjective Directed towards the
rear or thepast ;retrograde
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective going from better to worse
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Examples
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He is only devoid of cultural cachet or culturally "retrogressive" if, as a culture, we dismiss these personal qualities and refuse to see them as part of our future.
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A narrative elaborated in terms of "reverse discrimination", "retrogressive" as opposed to "emancipatory" identities, alongside the bait of "effortless osmosis" as the vehicle for change, cannot but be self-defeating.
ANC Today 2007
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A narrative elaborated in terms of "reverse discrimination", "retrogressive" as opposed to "emancipatory" identities, alongside the bait of "effortless osmosis" as the vehicle for change, cannot but be self-defeating.
ANC Today 2007
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The reformer who was so recently "retrogressive" had now become a rival in reform.
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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Jezebel blog, someone named simply Irin thinks it's all "retrogressive" in tone:
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias Tim Graham 2010
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Jezebel blog, someone named simply Irin thinks it's all "retrogressive" in tone:
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INLD secretary general & Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Singh Chautala described the step as 'retrogressive' & yet another flip-flopping in the vital field of education.
PunjabNewsline News 2009
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This is in contrast to borrowed energy or fossil fuels, where you always have to dig a deeper coal mine or drill a deeper oil well in further away places to keep that clock radio telling the time or not; defined by Walrus as a "retrogressive" economy.
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INLD secretary general & Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Singh Chautala described the step as 'retrogressive' & yet another flip-flopping in the vital field of education.
PunjabNewsline News 2009
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This is in contrast to borrowed energy or fossil fuels, where you always have to dig a deeper coal mine or drill a deeper oil well in further away places to keep that clock radio telling the time or not; defined by Walrus as a "retrogressive" economy.
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