"retrogressive" meaning in English

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      "form": "more retrogressive",
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          "ref": "1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:",
          "text": "Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.",
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        "Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde."
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        "A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative."
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