Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for retrogradation

retrogradation

[ re-troh-grey-dey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. backward movement.
  2. decline or deterioration.


Discover More

Other Words From

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

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
Discover More

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


retrofocus lensretrograde