A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition

• die-hard

  1. A person who displays such resistance or loyalty
  2. One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause:

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  1. A person who displays such resistance or loyalty
  2. One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause:

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• reactionary

  1. A reactionary person; advocate of reaction, esp. in politics
  2. An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.

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  1. A reactionary person; advocate of reaction, esp. in politics
  2. An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.

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• ultraconservative

  1. An ultraconservative person
  2. One who is extremely conservative.

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  1. An ultraconservative person
  2. One who is extremely conservative.

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An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate

• fogy

  1. Alternative spelling of fogey.
  2. A person who is old-fashioned or highly conservative in ideas and actions

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  1. Alternative spelling of fogey.
  2. A person who is old-fashioned or highly conservative in ideas and actions

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• fossil

  1. One that is outdated or antiquated:
  2. A person who is old-fashioned or has outmoded, fixed ideas
  3. Any hardened remains or imprints of plant or animal life of some previous geologic period, preserved in the earth's crust, including petrified wood and various resins

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  1. One that is outdated or antiquated:
  2. A person who is old-fashioned or has outmoded, fixed ideas
  3. Any hardened remains or imprints of plant or animal life of some previous geologic period, preserved in the earth's crust, including petrified wood and various resins

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• fuddy-duddy

  1. Alternative form of fuddy-duddy.
  2. A person regarded as being limited by old-fashioned customs, tastes, beliefs, etc.
  3. (US, informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person.

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  1. Alternative form of fuddy-duddy.
  2. A person regarded as being limited by old-fashioned customs, tastes, beliefs, etc.
  3. (US, informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person.

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• stick-in-the-mud

  1. (Informal) A person who resists change or progress, new ideas, etc.
  2. One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.

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  1. (Informal) A person who resists change or progress, new ideas, etc.
  2. One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.

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• square

  1. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
  2. (Mathematics) The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself:
  3. (Informal) A person who is square

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  1. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
  2. (Mathematics) The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself:
  3. (Informal) A person who is square

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