Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: regressive

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Usage examples:

“After a multi-decade, special interest-funded effort to reshape the federal judiciary, the fanatical MAGA right have captured the Supreme Court and achieved dangerous, regressive policies that they could never attain at the ballot box,” Schumer said.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/roberts-scolds-liberal-justices-for-demonizing-rulings-they-dont-like-disturbing-feature-of-dissents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roberts-scolds-liberal-justices-for-demonizing-rulings-they-dont-like-distur

And it’s why the “progress” we’ve made over the last 300 years has been incremental at best, stagnant, and regressive at worst,” she adds.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-female-ceos-5-things-want-eradicated-businesses/

By switching to a regressive tax system like the one proposed by LeMahieu, the most tax burden would fall on the lowest income earners and the least on Wisconsin’s highest earners, Reschovsky said.

Source: https://badgerherald.com/news/2023/02/01/state-majority-leader-proposes-flat-income-tax-bill-ahead-of-spring-election/

Gerry Carroll has said that a complaint about a comment he made on the day of the Hamas massacre was motivated by “regressive political forces” and that he would “refuse to be silent” on the issue.

Source: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/i-refuse-to-be-silent-people-before-profits-gerry-carroll-reacts-to-binning-of-complaint-against-him-over-palestine-comments-4412933

Having spent months telling people (falsely) that proposed, fairer council tax changes would have hit the least well-off, they are now forced into admitting that was nonsense, and in fact it is a freeze that is deeply regressive.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23869569.the-council-tax-freeze-disrespectful-bad-idea/?ref=rss

He is widely recognised as an artist who has played a role in popularising regressive ideologies through Malayalam cinema.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/iffk-2023-chalachithra-academy-chairman-ranjith-faces-discontent-gets-booed-during-closing-ceremony-9070547/

“It’s only a matter of time before regressive, suppressive ideologues will shift their focus toward other forms of art and entertainment.”

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hollywood-a-listers-sign-open-letter-condemning-book-bans-from-draconian-politicians_n_650ac21be4b0fc5de7a59b44

More and more, anime fans are calling out the anime industry for its most harmful or regressive elements, from token shonen girls to excessive fan service and trivializing violence as comedy, and the tsundere archetype is in the middle of all that.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/first-tsundere-anime-character/

The adaptation of the magical elements from the books to the screen is outstanding, and the showrunners have made an effort to update some graphic novels’ more problematic and regressive elements.

Source: https://collider.com/the-best-thriller-shows-on-netflix-right-now/

The licence fee system is "regressive", he said, and could instead be replaced by a tax on broadband bills or a household levy based on property value.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66140890?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The U.S. Supreme Court began releasing their expected onslaught of regressive and brutal judicial decisions this month.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/06/the-supreme-courts-attack-on-labor-rights/

They are also, weirdly, regressive: ill-judged album cover sees the band looking up a young girl’s skirt with varying reactions.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/13/maneskin-o2-arena-london-review

This is a retrograde, regressive step that has to be understood historically and contemporaneously in such a light.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23870983.exploring-snps-history-looking-future/?ref=rss

What’s the difference between gender identity and regressive gender stereotypes?

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/5298856/section-35-gender-recognition-semantics-fiona-rintoul-opinion/