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

The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2018

Basically, the test is: Is this law retrogressive?

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

The German and Austrian critics have complained about his lack of a retrogressive style.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2016

It is possible that our seeming progress may be retrogressive, that the true apex may have been reached in Greece some two thousand years ago.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various