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retrogressive

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ret·ro·gress  (rtr-grs, rtr-grs)
intr.v. ret·ro·gressed, ret·ro·gress·ing, ret·ro·gress·es
1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.
2. To go or move backward.
[Latin retrgrad, *retrgress- : retr-, retro- + grad, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
retro·gressive adj.
retro·gressive·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.retrogressive - going from better to worse
retrograde
regressive - opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
Translations
retrogressive [ˌretrəʊˈgresɪv] ADJ → retrógrado
retrogressive
adj (= moving backwards) → rückläufig; (fig) plan, policy → rückschrittlich; (Biol) → rückläufig; retrogressive step → Rückschritt m
retrogressive [ˌrɛtrəʊˈgrɛsɪv] adj (frm) (change) → retrogrado/a
retrogressive [ˌrɛtrəʊˈgrɛsɪv] adj (frm) (change) → retrogrado/a


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They say he is the most retrogressive man in the county.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
The ideas, the modes, the surroundings, appeared retrogressive and unmeaning.
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In five short years the world and the scope of human life have undergone a retrogressive change as great as that between the age of the Antonines and the Europe of the ninth century.
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