Canadian English Meaning of retrogression

retrogression

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Definitions and Meaning of retrogression in English

Wordnet

retrogression (n)

passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

returning to a former state

Webster

retrogression (n.)

The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

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.

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retrogression

passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form, returning to a former stateThe act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation., Backward devel

regression,reversion,Atavism,relapse,decline,degeneration,lapse,non-development,relapse,return

advancement,development,evolution,growth,maturation,pregnancy,Ripening

retrogress => regress, retrogradingly => retrogradingly, retrograding => retrograde, retrograded => retrograded, retrograde amnesia => Retrograde amnesia,