- backward-looking adj
- ['bækwədˌlʊkɪŋ]
pej retrogrado (-a)
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backward-looking adj
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backward-looking — adj using the methods and ideas of the past rather than modern ones used to show disapproval ≠ ↑forward looking ▪ Darwin transformed a backward looking organisation into a respected art school … Dictionary of contemporary English
backward-looking — also backward looking ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as backward looking, you disapprove of their attitudes, ideas, or actions because they are based on old fashioned opinions or methods. They are criticised for… … English dictionary
backward — back|ward [ˈbækwəd US wərd] adj 1.) [only before noun] looking or facing in the direction that is behind you ≠ ↑forward ▪ She went without a backward glance. 2.) developing slowly and less successfully than most others ▪ It will take decades to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
backward — [ˈbækwəd] adj 1) moving or looking in the direction that is behind you a backward glance[/ex] 2) not developing quickly, normally, or successfully a remote and backward region[/ex] 3) old fashioned unable to make normal progress in learning. It… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
forward-looking — adj. planning for the future; concerned primarily with the future; contrasted with conern for the immediate present or reacting to past events. {backward looking} [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forward-looking — forward .looking adj planning for and thinking about the future in a positive way, especially by being willing to use modern methods or ideas →↑backward looking ▪ a forward looking Russian statesman … Dictionary of contemporary English
parochial — adj 1. provincial, regional, microcultur al, small town, local; regionalistic, Sociol. ethnocentric, insular; limited, confined, constricted, illiberal, uncatholic, noneclectic; small minded, little minded, narrow minded, mean minded; short… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
retrospective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. looking backward, reminiscent; retroactive. See past. n. exhibition, showing. See painting. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. backward looking, recollective, reflective, pensive; see historical ,… … English dictionary for students
retrospective — adj looking backward, directed backward, backward, reflective of the past; Law. retroactive, ex post facto … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
in reverse — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} In a backward direction; backward. * /John hit the tree behind him when he put the car in reverse without looking first./ * /The first of the year Bob did well in school but then he started moving in reverse./ … Dictionary of American idioms
in reverse — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} In a backward direction; backward. * /John hit the tree behind him when he put the car in reverse without looking first./ * /The first of the year Bob did well in school but then he started moving in reverse./ … Dictionary of American idioms
