Lexic.us

Definition of Retrogress

1. Verb. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.

2. Verb. Go back to bad behavior. "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Definition of Retrogress

1. n. Retrogression.

Definition of Retrogress

1. Verb. (intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To go backwards; to retreat. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retrogress

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrogress

retrograde inversions retrograde memory retrograde metamorphosis retrograde motion retrograde neurotransmitter retrograde pyelography retrograded retrogradely retrogrades retrograding

retrogradingly retrography retrogreen retrogreening retrogress retrogressed retrogresses retrogressing retrogression retrogressions

retrogressive retrogressively retrohippocampal retrohyoid bursa retroinguinal space retroinhibition retroiridian retrojection

Literary usage of Retrogress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"ness retrogress and the ... or may retrogress owing to the influence of education or blindness; and as transient mental states without detectably affecting ..."

2. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"... complexity, or activity, involves retrogress in 1 fertility ; and progress in fertility involves retrogress in bulk, ' complexity, or activity. ..."

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