regressivism

A political ideology aimed at rolling back societal progress, mainly where social justice and equal rights are concerned. It can be opposed to any background, class, creed, ethnicity, gender, language, nation, race, religion, sex, etc. Usually specific to the region, society and time. Often confused with conservatism. Whereas conservatism attempts to prevent new social change, regressivism aims to reverse existing change entirely. Regressivists often hide under the incorrect label of conservatism which has the effect of sanitizing their beliefs.

JOŽO: Dežo calls himself a conservative, but I know for a fact he wants to take away already existing rights.
FERO: His ideology is not conservatism, it is regressivism.

by pookapine March 19, 2026

Regressive Insanity Syndrome

Pronunciation: /rɪˈɡrɛsɪv ɪnˈsænɪti ˈsɪndroʊm/
noun

1. A psychological and metaphysical condition observed in individuals who experience cyclical temporal regression, typically triggered by death, and return to a fixed point in their personal timeline. The syndrome describes the progressive erosion of sanity and the conscious adoption of a fractured psyche as a direct result of the accumulated trauma from repeated deaths and lived experiences across multiple timelines.

2. The defining state where the subject ceases to perceive regression as a failure or a punishment, and instead weaponizes the process. By deliberately absorbing the existential dissonance and psychic feedback of their fractured existence, the subject transforms latent insanity into a source of power, strategic insight, or unconventional ability, viewing each life and death as an experimental data point for achieving a superordinate goal.

Characters like 'Kim Gong-Ja' from the manhwa "SSS Class Suicide Hunter" and 'Encrid' from the manhwa "Eternally Regressing Knight" use their eternal regression curse as a tool and a method to get stronger, meanwhile also obtaining the insanity of being able to tolerate pain and death tens and even hundreds of times without giving up. This is the definition of the 'Regressive Insanity Syndrome'

by relentlessR3 October 19, 2025

Pothead Regrets

Committing actions while you are high off marijuana that you later regret.

High Person A: Dude, I wish we had some munchies- wait- where did you get that bowl of top ramen??

High Person B: I stole it from that orphanage donation box over there.

*Next Day*

Person B: Wow, I can't believe I stole food from an orphanage donation box.

Person A: Pothead regrets man.

by Iemea16 September 9, 2013

gram regrets

That feeling of regret when you post an instagram and it does not get a lot of likes

" Suz, I have major gram regrets. Should I delete the photo?"

by Mary Bee September 22, 2016

Iterative Regression

/ˈidəˌrādiv,ˈidərədiv/ /rəˈɡreSH(ə)n/
A malapropism often said in error by someone unfamiliar with statistics. The speaker likely means "linear regression".
"Iterative Regression" is said by one trying to sound like a smart data scientist. Hearing this may trigger contempt for the speaker.

Also see: Logistical Regression

Carter's co-worker was "short"-sighted in their abilities. When challenged on the amount of data science she produced the co-worker responded erroneously "We do iterative regression every day".

by Bobby Peach July 10, 2018

lowkey regrets

when you regret something but want to keep it on the down low.

i chose a choc mint flavoured straw instead of a strawberry one.. ugh lowkey regrets

by gleam serene April 11, 2022

passive-regressive

When government takes advantage of its citizens to charge extra fees for better service to the benefit of rich people who can afford it and to the detriment of poor people who can't.

Those fast pass lanes in California are so passive-regressive!

by pwakeman July 17, 2023