'Retrogression' definitions:
Definition of 'retrogression'
(from WordNet)
noun
Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form [syn: degeneration, retrogression]
noun
Definition of 'Retrogression'
From: GCIDE
- Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]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]
Synonyms of 'retrogression'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- advance,
- angular motion,
- ascending,
- ascent,
- axial motion,
- backflowing,
- backing,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- Brownian movement,
- 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