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catagenesis|kætəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs|
[See cata- and genesis.]
Retrogressive evolution. Cf. anagenesis.
1884E. D. Cope in Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. XXXIII. 468 The process of creation by the retrograde metamorphosis of energy, or, what is the same thing, by the specialization of energy, may be called catagenesis. 1893[see anagenesis]. 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms.
Hence catagenetic |ˌkætədʒɪˈnɛtɪk| a., of the nature of retrogressive evolution.
1896E. D. Cope Org. Evol. 482 If the tendency of the catagenetic energies is away from vital phenomena. |