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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
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.
In turn, the production of “Elio” also illuminates the regressive political climate in this country.
It’s a regressive tax masquerading as environmental action.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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