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reactionary

adjective

Strongly opposing change and seeking a return to earlier social or political arrangements.

Seeking a return to the past

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ultraconservative backward-looking regressive

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retrograde

adjective

Moving backward or returning to a less developed or less desirable condition.

Moving backward

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backward reverse reversed rearward

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retrospective

adjective

Looking back on past events or work.

Looking back

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backward-looking looking back recollective reflective

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