Definition of "retrogressive" [re•tro•gres•sive]

• Of or relating to retrogression (adjective)
• Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde (adjective)

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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."
• "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."
• "The reformer who was so recently "retrogressive" had now become a rival in reform."