anti-progress
Opposing forward movement
Anti-progress describes opposition to change, development, or advancement—often used critically to characterize those who resist social, technological, or political reform.
Someone labeled anti-progress may be defending tradition, resisting modernization, or simply skeptical that proposed changes constitute improvement: Critics dismissed the policy as anti-progress fearmongering.
The term carries a negative charge, implying that the opposition is backward or obstructionist.
Reverting to former sins
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- declineDecrease or refuse
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
decay · devolution · reversion · rollback · relapse · retreat · reversal · backtracking
Strong negative reaction
- LudditeOne opposing technological progress
- revanchismPolicy seeking lost territory
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
nostalgia · traditionalism · dogmatism · ossification · fossilization · anachronism · recoil · retrogression
Obstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- blockadeSealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
bottleneck · gridlock · logjam · deadlock · obstruction · thwarting · interference · curtailment
Custom passed through generations
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
establishment · time-honored · ancestral · customary · venerable · inherited · unchanging · institutionalism
backsliding
Reverting to former sins
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- declineDecrease or refuse
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
deterioration · decay · devolution · reversion · rollback · relapse · retreat · reversal · backtracking · retrenchment
backlash
Strong negative reaction
- LudditeOne opposing technological progress
- revanchismPolicy seeking lost territory
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
intransigence · nostalgia · traditionalism · dogmatism · ossification · fossilization · anachronism · recoil · retrogression · throwback
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- blockadeSealing off a place
roadblock · bottleneck · gridlock · logjam · deadlock · obstruction · thwarting · interference · curtailment · hampering
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
continuity · establishment · time-honored · ancestral · customary · venerable · inherited · unchanging · institutionalism · conventionalism
inertia
Resistance to altered motion
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- impasseSituation without resolution
plateau · immobility · quagmire · morass · rut · stasis · doldrums · torpor · lethargy · paralysis
- anti-modernismLuddism, Luddite, technophobia, technophobe, preindustrial
anti-progressprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
forward-looking · modernizing · futurist · progressivism · futuristic
anti-progressreformist
Advocate for gradual change
progressive · liberal · ameliorative · transformative · revolutionary
anti, progress, progressive, progression, progressively, progressivism, regress, regression, regressive