retrogressive
Example Sentences
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“When our dictionary infuses a pastime that promises joy with toxic language instead, it is retrogressive and powerfully divisive.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
Katara’s ambivalence aside, that she and Aang end up together is weirdly retrogressive message to send, as though she’s a prize for his persistence and heroism.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2020
His melodic ideas were were terrific but retrogressive, and he thrice broke off writing it before abandoning the work seemingly for good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2019
A silly, frustrating game, with some deeply retrogressive aspects attending its role in broader society.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2016
Many of the differences that separate man from anthropoids of the Sivapithecus type are retrogressive changes, following the profound change in food habits above noted.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
