Retrogression
[,retrə(ʊ)'greʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛtrə'grɛʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
(n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Retrogradation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Retreat, retirement, decline, relapse
ANT:Advance, progress, improvement, amelioration
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Examples
- But how about the foresight and the moral retrogression? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Politically Islam was not an advance, but a retrogression from the traditional freedoms and customary laws of the desert. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After some retrogression, Mexico, Brazil, and Spanish South America began to develop into great slave-holding, wealth-producing lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In some few cases there has been what we must call retrogression or organisation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The final result will generally have been, as already explained, an advance, but in some few cases a retrogression, in organisation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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