PROGRESSIVISMS Antonyms
Definition of PROGRESSIVISMS
Best Opposite Words For PROGRESSIVISMS
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backwardness | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | ||||||||
immobility | nounn | |||||||
noun • remaining in place • the quality of not moving | ||||||||
regression | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
resistance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
rigidity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | ||||||||
stagnation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) • inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation | ||||||||
conservatisms | nounn | |||||||
noun • a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | ||||||||
oppositions | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||||
traditionalisms | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
status quo | nounn | |||||||
noun • the existing state of affairs |