"retrogression" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retrogressions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} retrogression (countable and uncountable, plural retrogressions)
  1. A deterioration or decline to a previous state. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (decline): 倒退 (dàotuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 退步 (tuìbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 退化 (tuìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), zánik [masculine] (Czech), taantuminen (Finnish), rétrogression [feminine] (French), Rückschritt [masculine] (German), retroiro (Ido), aischéimniú [masculine] (Irish), aisghabháil [feminine] (Irish), aisiompú [masculine] (Irish), céim siar [feminine] (Irish), 逆行 (gyakkō) (alt: ぎゃっこう) (Japanese), 退化 (taika) (alt: たいか) (Japanese), प्रतिगमन (pratigaman) (Nepali), регре́сс (regréss) [masculine] (Russian), упа́док (upádok) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-retrogression-en-noun-dueo1scg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'decline': 95 5
  2. (biology) A return to a less complex condition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: a return to a less complex condition): aisghabháil [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-retrogression-en-noun-8RsVcaGy Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: a return to a less complex condition': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: regress Related terms: retrogressive

Inflected forms

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