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English Dictionary: retrogressive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrogressive
adj
  1. going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retrogressive \Re`tro*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]trogressif.]
      1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining
            from a better to a worse state.
  
      2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition;
            declining from a more perfect state of organization;
            regressive.
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