retrogress
/,retrou'gres/
Definition
- Verb:
- To return to a worse or less developed state: To move backwards, especially in terms of development, progress, or condition.
- To revert to a former, usually worse, pattern of behavior or condition: To decline or deteriorate after a period of improvement.
Usage
The verb "retrogress" is used to describe a process of decline, deterioration, or backward movement. It is often used in formal or academic contexts to discuss societal, developmental, or personal regression.
Examples
- Verb:
- Without continued investment, the region's infrastructure will retrogress.
- The patient's health began to retrogress after the initial treatment.
- The peace talks have retrogressed, and tensions are rising again.
Advanced Usage
- "to retrogress into": to decline or fall back into a previous, usually negative, state.
- The nation seemed to retrogress into chaos after the revolution.
- Used in formal analysis to describe negative trends in economics, politics, or social development.
- The report warns that democratic institutions could retrogress if not vigilantly protected.
Variants and Related Words
- Retrogression (n): The act or process of retrogressing; decline or degeneration.
- The retrogression of the empire was swift and total.
- Retrogressive (adj): Characterized by retrogression; moving backward.
- The policy was criticized for its retrogressive effects on women's rights.
Synonyms
- Regress: To return to a former or less developed state.
- Deteriorate: To become progressively worse.
- Decline: To decrease in quality, power, or vigor.
- Backslide: To relapse into bad habits or erroneous behavior.
Antonyms
- Progress: To move forward or toward a better state.
- Advance: To move forward in a purposeful way.
- Develop: To grow or cause to grow and become more mature or advanced.
- Improve: To make or become better.
Related Phrases
- "Retrogress to a former state": A common collocation emphasizing the return to a previous condition.
- The reforms failed, causing the economy to retrogress to a former state of instability.
Verb
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go back to bad behavior
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Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
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get worse or fall back to a previous condition
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