Synonyms of retrogression

retrogression

noun

ˌre-trə-ˈgre-shən 

as in reversion

the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior

social instability that has led to a retrogression of moral values and standards of decent behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reversion
• regression
• relapse
• decline
• lapse
• atavism
• backslide
• return
• degeneration
• nondevelopment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• development
• evolution
• advancement
• progression
• growth
• maturation
• gestation
• ripening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retrogression

This book is all about the fight to stem the tide of retrogression. — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2025

Visa retrogression might become more of an issue for Indian and Chinese applicants who invest under the high-unemployment category due to its more limited availability. — Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025

Does the Senate really want to put in office a secretary with zero medical training, who believes in raw milk and not in the extraordinary benefits of vaccinations, without asking him about such retrogression? — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024

Progressives de nos jours seem inordinately attached to retrogression. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 June 2021

What explains the wide perception of racial retrogression at a time when surveys show that racial attitudes and behaviors have never been better? — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2021

For Fantom, his card showed nines of 40 and 39 for his 79, but his win wasn’t official until through retrogression, his score on the eighth handicap hole, was a stroke better better than that of Patterson Mill’s Brandon Palen, who also shot 79. — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2020