DECREMENTAL Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

decremental

adjective

as in regressive

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regressive

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Right now, the voices speaking most clearly to the desire for at-home care are pronatalist and regressive, favoring traditional gender hierarchies to grow the population at all costs.

— Moira O’Neil, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026
Madripoor still looks like a cheap knockoff of Blade Runner’s regressive, cringey Orientalist-fantasy future.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

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