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retrogradation

[ re-troh-grey-dey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

backward movement.
decline or deterioration.

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Other Words From

ret·ro·gra·da·to·ry [re-tr, uh, -, grey, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrogradation¹

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

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Example Sentences

Low temperatures congeal everything the dough has absorbed and accelerate the staling process, or retrogradation.

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A glance at each successive pair of dates will quickly disclose the periodical retrogradation of the eclipse epochs.

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Frightful retrogradation of human nature, all the more hideous that it contrasted with the elegance of the costume!

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In truth, however, the retrogradation was much slighter than appeared on the surface.

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The arc of retrogradation is the angular distance thus apparently traversed.

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But the advantages are all outward; if there be any inward change, it is apparently retrogradation, not advancement.

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