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retrogressive


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retrogressive  \Re`tro*gres"sive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  r['e]trogressif.] 
  1.  Tending  to  retrograde;  going  or  moving  backward;  declining 
  from  a  better  to  a  worse  state. 
 
  2.  (Biol.)  Passing  from  a  higher  to  a  lower  condition; 
  declining  from  a  more  perfect  state  of  organization; 
  regressive. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retrogressive 
  adj  :  going  from  better  to  worse  [syn:  {declining},  {deteriorating}, 
  {failing},  {regressing},  {retrograde}] 




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