retrogradation

[ re-troh-grey-dey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. backward movement.

  2. decline or deterioration.

Origin of retrogradation

1
1545–55; <Late Latin retrōgradātiōn- (stem of retrōgradātiō), probably equivalent to Latin retrōgrad(us) retrograde + -ātiō-ation, as translation of Greek anapodismós

Other words from retrogradation

  • ret·ro·gra·da·to·ry [re-truh-grey-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌrɛ trəˈgreɪ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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