单词	retrogressive
释义	retrogressive adjective ret·​ro·​gres·​sive ˌre-trə-ˈgre-siv  : characterized by retrogression: such as a : going or directed backward b : declining from a better to a worse state c : passing from a higher to a lower level of organization retrogressive evolution retrogressively adverb Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Representation can help change this retrogressive thinking. Elissa Strauss, CNN, 3 Dec. 2020 Those against Brexit portrayed it as historically retrogressive, taking the country out of the collective European project while imperiling access to the European marketplace — the destination for nearly half of the nation’s exports. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019 But Tan appears to be responding to the retrogressive entrenchment of hard-line conservative values and intolerance in pockets of American life today. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018 Word History First Known Use 1688, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition retrogressive adjective ret·​ro·​gres·​sive -ˈgres-iv  : characterized by retrogression: as a : declining from a better to a worse state a retrogressive disease b : passing from a higher to a lower level of organization retrogressive evolution
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