retrogress

/,retrou'gres/

Thân thiện

The patient began to retrogress after stopping his medication.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Verb

1. go back to bad behavior
   • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
2. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Từ đồng nghĩa

• relapse
• lapse
• recidivate
• regress
• fall back
• retrograde