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   Ret·ro·gres·sion

   /ˌretrəˈɡreSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one: "a kind of extreme retrogression to 19th-century attitudes"
   • 2. another term for retrogradation

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘movement in a reverse direction’): from Latin retrogressio(n-), from retrogress-, past participle of retrogradi ‘to move backwards’ (see retrograde).

   Derivatives

   • 1. retrogressive adjective

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