Antiprogressive

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
One who opposes progress.
"And everyone in Afghanistan would be happy too, she said, once the antiprogressives, the backward bandits, were defeated."

Adjective

1
Opposing progress.
"Others considered themselves “alt-lite,” or merely antiprogressive."

Synonyms

reactionary reactionary

Example

"Others considered themselves “alt-lite,” or merely antiprogressive."

Etymology

From anti- + progressive.

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