anti-progressive
adjective
an·ti-pro·gres·sive
ˌan-tē-prə-ˈgre-siv 
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward political progressivism
anti-progressive policies/attitudes
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Progressives need to adapt not only to a world where capitalist, kleptocratic authoritarian states present the alternative model to liberal democracy but one in which some of those states are themselves implicated in advancing virulently anti-progressive political movements.
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Daniel H. Nexon, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2018
Many of you may not recognize most of the anti-progressive lefties named above.
—David Masciotra, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
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Daniel H. Nexon, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2018
Many of you may not recognize most of the anti-progressive lefties named above.
—David Masciotra, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
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