retrogressive

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adjective

Of or relating to retrogression.

Similar
retrograderegressive
Opposite
progressive
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Meanings

adjectiveretrogressive (comparative more retrogressive, superlative most retrogressive)

comparative more retrogressive · superlative most retrogressive

  1. Of or relating to retrogression.

    Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.

    1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10
  2. Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
nounretrogressive (plural retrogressives)

plural retrogressives

  1. A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
progressive

adjectivegoing from better to worse

Similar
retrograderegressive
Also see
regressiveretrograde

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with retrogressive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressivepressiveprocessivedigressiveabessive
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APA

retrogressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrogressive

MLA

“retrogressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrogressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrogressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrogressive.

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