retrogression
/ˌretrəʊˈgreʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one倒退, 退化, 衰退, 恶化：
a kind of extreme retrogression to 19th-century attitudes.
朝着19世纪观点的某种急剧倒退。
2
- Astronomy another term for RETROGRADATION.【天文】同RETROGRADATION.
派生词
retrogressive
adjective词源
mid 17th cent.: from RETRO- 'backwards', on the pattern of progression.