Retrogression

noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A deterioration or decline to a previous state. countable, uncountable

    "History and experience, the enshriners of the past, and investigation, the discoverer of the present and preparer for the future, will prevent retrogression."

  2. 2
    returning to a former state wordnet
  3. 3
    A return to a less complex condition. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form wordnet

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"Technological retrogression will be unlikely."

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