antiprogressive

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ progressive

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

antiprogressive (comparative more antiprogressive, superlative most antiprogressive)

  1. Opposing progress.
    • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 111:
      And everyone in Afghanistan would be happy too, she said, once the antiprogressives, the backward bandits, were defeated.

Derived terms

Translations
antiprogress — see antiprogress

Noun

antiprogressive (plural antiprogressives)

  1. One who opposes progress.
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