PROGRESSIVISM Antonyms

• a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

• adhering to what is commonly accepted

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

• of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• the political orientation of reactionaries

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

• returning to a former state

• a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

• inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation

• strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

• adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

• the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

• the existing state of affairs