retrogression

Other forms of retrogression

plural

retrogressions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retrogression

What does retrogression mean?

retrogression means "passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retrogression?

retrogression has 5 syllables: re-tro-gres-si-on. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for retrogression?

Close synonyms include degeneration, regression, regress, reversion, retroversion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retrogression a common word?

retrogression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.