anti-progressive
adjective
(alsoantiprogressive)uk/ˌæn.ti.prəˈɡres.ɪv/us/ˌæn.taɪ.prəˈɡres.ɪv/anti-progressiveadjective(politics)
opposedto newideasor tosystemsthatencouragechangeinsocietyor in the way that things are done:
Heconsidershimself to be a veryconservativeperson- anti-progressive andresistanttochange.
Thecoalitionis anti-progressive - they do notbelieveinmovingforward.
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progressiveadjective(MODERN)
- Activists havemanagedtoscorevictoriesagainst some of the administration's most anti-progressivepolicies.
- It wasessentialthat the newgovernmentavoidthemistakeofbecomingstaticand anti-progressive.
- Thismoveis anti-progressive and willhalttheprogressof thecountry.
Old or old-fashioned
- age-old
- ageing
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- creaky
- fossilize
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- hoary
- neanderthal
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- petrified
- vintage
- went out with the arkidiom
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Keeping and staying the same
anti-progressiveadjective(tax)
(alsoantiprogressive)
An anti-progressivetaxsystemis one in which therateoftaxis nothigheronlargeramountsofmoney:
He has aconservativeanti-progressivetaxposition.
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progressiveadjective(TAX)
- It's an anti-progressivetaxin that itfallsfarharderon thepoorthan thewell-off.
- It was one of the mostprivileged, anti-progressivetaxlawsyou couldimagine.
- theriseof anti-progressivetaxmovements
Taxation
- amortizable
- anti-dumping
- anti-tax
- bedroom tax
- bonded
- fiscal year
- flat tax
- gas tax
- HMRC
- income tax
- sales tax
- self-assessment
- shelter
- sin tax
- source
- taxpayer
- tithe
- top rate
- vat
- VATable