retrogradism
/ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)ˌɡreɪdɪz(ə)m/noun
Advocacy of or support for retrogression; extreme conservatism; the adoption of a reactionary attitude.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Southern Literary Messenger. From retrograde + -ism.
- necessarily
- necessariness
- necessarium
- necessary
- necessary condition
- necessary evil
- necessary house
- necessitarian
- necessitarianism
- necessitate
- necessitation
- necessitative
- necessitous
- necessitousness
- necessitude
- necessity
- necessity is the mother of invention
- necessity operator
- neche
- necher
- Nechilli
- Nechjilli
- reapprove
- reap-reeve
- reap the harvest (or fruits) of