Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiprogressive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tipro-gres-sive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing progress.

noun

One who opposes progress.

Example Sentences

"Others considered themselves “alt-lite,” or merely antiprogressive."
"And everyone in Afghanistan would be happy too, she said, once the antiprogressives, the backward bandits, were defeated."

Etymology

From anti- + progressive.

Inflected Forms

more antiprogressive (comparative) most antiprogressive (superlative) antiprogressives (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprogressiveness antiprogressivism

Rhymes With

non-progressive present perfect progressive nondepressive superexpressive nonimmunosuppressive nonrepressive nonexcessive exessive nonobsessive nonoppressive superaggressive antessive

Questions

What does antiprogressive mean?: Opposing progress.
Where does antiprogressive come from?: From anti- + progressive.

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