2. Noun. One who opposes progress. ¹
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Definition of Antiprogressive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiprogressive
Literary usage of Antiprogressive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diplomatic Negotiations of American Naval Officers, 1778-1883 by Charles Oscar Paullin (1912)
""All matters concerning Corea have in past years been attended to by the Board
of Rites here, the oldest, highest, and most intensely antiprogressive of the ..."
2. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"... we feel sure that none will more heartily join in this wish than those who
are most opposed to his scientific teaching and his antiprogressive ideas. ..."
3. China and Her People by Charles Denby (1905)
"She had replaced in office all the men who were suspected of favouring foreigners
by reckless, greedy, antiprogressive tools of her own. ..."
4. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"... of human progress and charges the reason with antisocial and antiprogressive
tendencies. Whatever there may be true in his book, and its tone is ..."
5. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1900)
"... May last as follows: " Never probably in the history of the empire was the
imperial government composed of such ignorant, greedy, antiprogressive men. ..."
6. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1844)
"J antiprogressive. Our neighbours divide and subdivide diseases in the roost
arbitrary way, alike without reason and without measure. ..."
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