A degree of passive-aggressive behavior which has the opposite of its intended effect, making the person appear childlike.
She always waited a few days to answer his texts, thinking that it would hurt him, when it only made her seem passive-regressive.
by Monkey's Dad April 3, 2020
Get the passive-regressive mug.Those who have hijacked the meaning of conservatism and screwed up the Republican brand, like most GOP primary voters these days. That base: "an excitable, overlapping assortment of Fox News friends, Limbaugh dittoheads, Tea Party animals, war whoopers, nativists, Christianist fundamentalists, à la carte Catholics (anti-abortion, yes; anti-torture, no), anti-Rooseveltians (Franklin and Theodore), global-warming denialists, post-Confederate white Southrons, creationists, birthers, market idolaters, Europe demonizers, and gun fetishists."
If you are Liberal or Progressive, don't forget to spring ahead 1 hour tonight. If you are Regressive, forget it. You folks have fallen so far behind that 1 hour won't make much difference.
by Dhanarose June 22, 2012
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A person who believes that black people are not racist because of slavery, Islam is a peaceful religion, Muslims are peaceful (even the criminal ones), and white people are racist. Also a person who usually criticise Christianity (or not) and not Islam.
by anenyy October 10, 2016
Get the regressive mug.Someone who identifies as progressive and has liberal values, but their actions and ideas do not contribute to progress.
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Get the regressive mug.The Democratic Party of the United States especially has segregationist views on Conservatives and other right-wing groups.
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