backward-looking synonyms

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conforming

harmonious
in agreement
in line with
obedient

conservative

Tory
bourgeois
constant
controlled
conventional
die-hard
fearful
firm
fogyish
fuddy-duddy
guarded
hard hat
hidebound
holding to
illiberal
in a rut
inflexible

earlier generation

backward-looking
conforming
conservative
leftovers
old line
old-fashioned
past
traditional
unprogressive

leftovers

debris
leavings
legacy
oddments
odds and ends
orts
remnants
residue
scraps
surplus
survivor
trash

old line

Tory
bourgeois
constant
controlled
conventional
die-hard
fearful
firm
fogyish
fuddy-duddy
guarded
hard hat
hidebound
holding to
illiberal
in a rut
inflexible

old-fashioned

ancient
antiquated
antique
archaic
behind the times
bygone
corny
dated
dead
demoded
disapproved
dowdy
démodé
extinct
grown old
moldy
musty

past

accomplished
ago
antecedent
anterior
completed
elapsed
ended
extinct
finished
foregoing
forgotten
former
gone
gone by
over
over and done
precedent

traditional

acceptable
accustomed
acknowledged
ancestral
classic
classical
common
conventional
customary
doctrinal
fixed
folk
habitual
historic
immemorial
long-established
old

unprogressive

arrested
backward
behind
checked
conservative
delayed
dense
dull
feeble-minded
imbecile
late
moronic
reactionary
stupid
subnormal
underdeveloped
underprivileged

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