retrogression
n . 倒退,退化,退步
倒退,退化,退步
retrogression n 1 :
passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form [
synonym : {
degeneration }, {
retrogression }]
2 :
returning to a former state [
synonym : {
regression }, {
regress },
{
reversion }, {
retrogression }, {
retroversion }]
Retrogression \
Re `
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sion \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
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trogression .
See {
Retrograde },
and cf . {
Digression }.]
1 .
The act of retrograding ,
or going backward ;
retrogradation .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
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 }.
[
1913 Webster ]
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retrogression ":
Brownian movement ,
about -
face ,
advance ,
angular motion ,
ascending ,
ascent ,
axial motion ,
backflowing ,
backing ,
backset ,
backsliding ,
backward motion ,
backward step ,
career ,
climbing ,
comedown ,
course ,
current ,
debasement ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
deformation ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
demotion ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
depreciation ,
derogation ,
descending ,
descent ,
deterioration ,
devolution ,
disenchantment ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward mobility ,
downward motion ,
downward trend ,
drift ,
driftage ,
drop ,
dying ,
ebb ,
ebbing ,
effeteness ,
fading ,
failing ,
failure ,
failure of nerve ,
fall ,
falling -
off ,
flight ,
flip -
flop ,
flow ,
flux ,
forward motion ,
involution ,
lapse ,
loss of tone ,
mounting ,
oblique motion ,
ongoing ,
onrush ,
passage ,
plunging ,
progress ,
radial motion ,
random motion ,
reaction ,
recession ,
recidivation ,
recidivism ,
reclamation ,
reconversion ,
reentry ,
reflowing ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regress ,
regression ,
rehabilitation ,
reinstatement ,
relapse ,
restitution ,
restoration ,
retroaction ,
retrocession ,
retroflexion ,
retrogradation ,
retroversion ,
retrusion ,
return ,
returning ,
reversal ,
reverse ,
reversion ,
reverting ,
revulsion ,
rising ,
rollback ,
run ,
rush ,
set ,
setback ,
sideward motion ,
sinking ,
slippage ,
slipping back ,
slump ,
soaring ,
sternway ,
stream ,
subsiding ,
throwback ,
traject ,
trajet ,
trend ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
upward motion ,
wane
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