All regressive synonyms
re·gres·sive
R r adj regressive
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
- counter-revolutionary — Counter-revolutionary activities are activities intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
- counterrevolutionary — Counterrevolutionary activities are activities intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
adjective regressive
- mossbacked — Very conservative or reactionary, with old-fashioned views.
- aback — towards the back; backwards
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- everted — Simple past tense and past participle of evert.
- about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
- feral — causing death; fatal.
- astern — Something that is astern is at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
- degenerating — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.