Going backward; retrograde; declining in strength or excellence; degenerating.

adjective. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

adjective. Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.

adjective. Of or relating to retrogression

adjective. Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde

adjective. going from better to worse

"He is only devoid of cultural cachet or culturally "retrogressive" if, as a culture, we dismiss these personal qualities and refuse to see them as part of our future."

regressive  

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ascending  atavistic  axial  back  back-flowing