retrogression
pronunciation
How to pronounce retrogression in British English:
UK [ˌretrəʊ'greʃən]
How to pronounce retrogression in American English:
US [ˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛʃən]
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- Noun:
- passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- returning to a former state
Word Origin
- retrogression (n.)
- 1640s, noun of action, formed on model of progression, from Latin retrogressus, past participle of retrogradi "move backward" (see retrograde).
Example
- 1. David shambaugh , a china specialist at george washington university , says that over the past three years there has been a " period of retrogression , where the system cannot seem to take the initiative " .
- 2. So even if we grant for the moment menger 's argument that the truth will spontaneously triumph in some unspecified long run after all economic errors have finally played themselves out , in the interim , periods of serious scientific retrogression may occur that destroy the economic basis of culture and civilization .
- 3. In any case , it 's very hard to say whether this is an age of unparalleled progress , or unparalleled retrogression , disintegration , and decadence .
- 4. The anti-communist die-hards have their idea of unification , they want to unify us into splitting and retrogression .
- 5. Therefore , there is never a moment of retrogression or deterioration or decline .