retrogressive
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective edit
retrogressive (comparative more retrogressive, superlative most retrogressive)
- Of or relating to retrogression.
- 1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:
- 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.
- Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
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Noun edit
retrogressive (plural retrogressives)
- A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative.