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retrogress

[ re-truh-gres, re-truh-gres ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition:

    to retrogress to infantilism.

    Synonyms: revert, retreat, withdraw, retrograde, degenerate, decline

  2. to move backward.


retrogress

/ ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛs /

verb

  1. to go back to an earlier, esp worse, condition; degenerate or deteriorate
  2. to move backwards; recede
  3. biology to develop characteristics or features of lower or simpler organisms; degenerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌretroˈgression, noun
  • ˌretroˈgressively, adverb
  • ˌretroˈgressive, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrogress1

First recorded in 1810–20; from Latin retrōgressus, past participle of retrōgradī “to go back or backward,” equivalent to retrō- “back, backward, behind” + gred-, combining form of gradī “to step, go” + -tus past participle suffix, with dt becoming ss; retro-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrogress1

C19: from Latin retrōgressus having moved backwards, from retrōgradī ; see retrograde
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Example Sentences

And for those in need of retrogressing even further, a host of family entertainments spring up every summer in the West End, cartoon-colored affairs that speak the jolly and exaggerated language of Christmas pantomimes.

“With the freedoms we have created, Liberia cannot retrogress,” she says.

“Please don’t let it be that we are retrogressing to that horrible time in the ’70s,” Ms. Laurie said in an interview on Sunday.

Shusterman loved the law, loved its clarity and contradictions, believing it embodied “the dynamics of living, the progress or retrogressing that we’re involved in.”

But, although wine has not led me to the goal of my desires, I will not stray from its path, for when one follows a road he cannot retrogress.

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