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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
retrogressive en · ADJ
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Of or relating to retrogression.
Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.
1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:
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Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
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Antonyms
progressive
Deriveds
retrogressiveness · retrogressively
retrogressive en · NOUN
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A person of retrogressive views or policies; a backward-looking conservative.
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