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regressive
adjective as in mossbacked
adjective as in reactionary
adjective as in retrogressive
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adjective as in reversed
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The letter also suggests that changes in the NICs threshold are "regressive in their impact on lower earners and will impact flexible working practices which many older workers and parents rely upon".
His regressive agenda was even given a sinister name — Project 2025 — and published online, where anyone could read the plans to shrink workers' paychecks, ban abortion nationwide, and decimate access to health care.
I’m also worried that his election will give further license to some of the most regressive, misogynous men to openly express and enact hostility to women.
Public opinion polls consistently show that Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters are white men who are drawn to his regressive and reactionary performance of white masculinity.
"Of course no one deserves to have their life destroyed even if they do things or have views I find regressive," he wrote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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