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retroˈgressionist
[f. prec. + -ist.]
One who is inclined to be retrograde.
1865Standard 30 Sept. 4/6 Nothing but the forebodings of a retrogressionist, suspicious of the advance of civilization. 1874F. Hall in N. Amer. Rev. CXIX. 331 Neither from studious retrogressionists nor from studious innovators can we hope for a stamp of English superior to what we now possess. |