English
progressophobe
From progress + -o- + -phobe.
Formed from progress + -o- + -phobe
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk, go’
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Latin prōgredior ‘to go forth, advance’
Latin prōgressus ‘an advance’
Old French progres ‘a going forward’
Middle English progresse
English progress
Today it means
noun One who is pessimistic about the collateral damage of progress.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “progressophobe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / progressophobe