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regressive
adjective as in mossbacked
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- counterrevolutionary
- die-hard
- old-line
- orthodox
- retrogressive
- rightist
- rigid
- standpat
- traditional
- traditionalistic
- ultraconservative/ultra-conservative
adjective as in reactionary
adjective as in retrogressive
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adjective as in reversed
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Example Sentences
A clear example of this regressive vision is the administration’s push to rewrite the 14th Amendment in their efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship and undermine equal protection under the law.
Comics have long been on the front lines of democracy, the canary in the cat’s mouth, Looney Tunes style, when it comes to free speech being swallowed by regressive politics.
Meanwhile, popular and scholarly treatments of white Southerners as overwhelmingly conservative and racially regressive abound.
In the short term, the Budget Lab notes, tariffs are regressive — they strike disproportionately at lower-income people.
While framed as a “baby bonus” to build wealth, the program’s structure is deeply flawed and regressive.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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