Martin Filler

Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic upheaval since the Industrial Revolution, which has set off a pandemic of retrogressive nationalism, regional separatism, and religious extremism.

American Critic

Henry Petroski

Too much redesign has to do more with fad and fashion than with fitness and function. It is change for the sake of change. Such redesign is not only unnecessary, it is all too often also retrogressive, leading to things that work less effectively than those they were designed to replace.

American Author

Fela Kuti

When you start to think of revenge, you start to think of hate. I don't believe in hating people. It's a retrogressive thing.

Nigerian Musician

Use 'retrogressive' to imply that an action moves things backward instead of improving them.

Negative Progress

'Retrogressive' often describes concepts or societies, not physical objects moving.

Non-Physical Movement

The term can refer to policies or actions that undo social progress or cultural advancements.

Cultural Context

Use 'retrogressive' to describe when a person reverts to less developed behavior or attitudes.

Personal Reversal

'Retrogressive' may imply a return to outdated cultural norms or practices.

Cultural Connotation

It can refer to events that cause a living thing or system to evolve or develop backward.

Negative Development

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