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Definition of retrogressive adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

retrogressive

adjective

NAmE//ˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛsɪv//

(formal) (disapproving)

returning to old-fashioned ideas or methods instead of making progress a retrogressive change opposite progressive

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