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retrograde

adjective as in reverting

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Another reason is that, if you can translate Latin, some of the lyrics are quite bawdy and politically retrograde.

When I challenge Ms Brychcy over whether that could be seen as retrograde, she replied that "biologically speaking, we are men and women" and thinks people should present accordingly.

From BBC

But to her surprise, their retrograde views on queerness are a bridge too far.

From Salon

Many were also members of conservative evangelical churches that taught a highly traditional understanding of family values that many liberals would view as backward or retrograde.

From Salon

The film had style, but it felt misanthropic, trafficking in a retrograde nastiness that enjoyed killing off annoying jerks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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