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retrogression

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ret·ro·gres·sion  (rtr-grshn)
n.
1. The act or process of deteriorating or declining.
2. Biology A return to a less complex or more primitive state or stage.
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Noun1.retrogression - passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
degeneration
transformation, transmutation, shift - a qualitative change
abiotrophy - a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury
cataplasia - (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
2.retrogression - returning to a former state
regress, retroversion, regression, reversion
reversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
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dead of past centuries in unbroken retrogression until now it embraces
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Not if it was the Koh-I-noor; those few whacking stones are too well known, and to cut them up is to decrease their value by arithmetical retrogression.
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He had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably drink, at work upon him.
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