Retrogression — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

returning to a former state

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈɛʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈɛʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

retroversion regress degeneration regression reversion

Word Forms

regress	verb	go back to a previous state
revert	verb	go back to a previous state
retrogress	verb	get worse or fall back to a previous condition
retrovert	verb	go back to a previous state

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückschritt

Übergang von einer komplexeren zu einer einfacheren biologischen Form

🇫🇷French

rétrogression

passer d'une forme biologique plus complexe à une forme biologique plus simple

🇪🇸Spanish

retroceso

pasar de una forma biológica más compleja a una más simple

🇮🇹Italian

regressione

passando da una forma biologica più complessa ad una più semplice

🇳🇱Dutch

achteruitgang

overgaan van een complexere naar een eenvoudigere biologische vorm

🇵🇹Portuguese

retrocesso

passando de uma forma biológica mais complexa para uma mais simples

🇷🇺Russian

регресс

переход от более сложной биологической формы к более простой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रतिगमन

अधिक जटिल से सरल जैविक रूप में जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

পশ্চাদপসরণ

আরও জটিল থেকে সরল জৈবিক ফর্মে চলে যাওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்னடைவு

மிகவும் சிக்கலான நிலையில் இருந்து எளிமையான உயிரியல் வடிவத்திற்கு செல்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరోగమనం

మరింత సంక్లిష్టత నుండి సరళమైన జీవ రూపానికి వెళుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रतिगामी

अधिक जटिलतेकडून सोप्या जैविक स्वरूपाकडे जाणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રત્યાગમન

વધુ જટિલમાંથી સરળ જૈવિક સ્વરૂપમાં પસાર થવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಮ್ಮೆಟ್ಟುವಿಕೆ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣದಿಂದ ಸರಳವಾದ ಜೈವಿಕ ರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾದುಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്നോക്കാവസ്ഥ

കൂടുതൽ സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ ഒരു ജീവശാസ്ത്ര രൂപത്തിലേക്ക് കടന്നുപോകുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿਛਾਖੜੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਗੁੰਝਲਦਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਸਰਲ ਜੈਵਿਕ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੰਘਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پسپائی

زیادہ پیچیدہ سے ایک آسان حیاتیاتی شکل میں منتقل ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

倒退

从更复杂的生物形式转变为更简单的生物形式

🇯🇵Japanese

逆行

より複雑な生物学的形態からより単純な生物学的形態への移行

🇰🇷Korean

역행

더 복잡한 형태에서 더 단순한 생물학적 형태로 변화

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thụt lùi

chuyển từ dạng sinh học phức tạp hơn sang dạng sinh học đơn giản hơn

🇹🇭Thai

การถอยหลังกลับ

ผ่านจากรูปแบบทางชีววิทยาที่ซับซ้อนกว่าไปสู่รูปแบบทางชีววิทยาที่เรียบง่ายกว่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

kemunduran

berpindah dari bentuk biologis yang lebih kompleks ke bentuk biologis yang lebih sederhana

🇵🇭Filipino

pagbabalik-tanaw

pagpasa mula sa isang mas kumplikado sa isang mas simpleng biological na anyo

🇲🇾Malay

kemunduran

berpindah daripada bentuk biologi yang lebih kompleks kepada lebih ringkas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التراجع

الانتقال من شكل بيولوجي أكثر تعقيدًا إلى شكل بيولوجي أبسط

🇮🇷Persian

پسرفت

گذر از یک شکل پیچیده تر به یک شکل بیولوژیکی ساده تر

🇹🇷Turkish

gerileme

Daha karmaşık bir biyolojik formdan daha basit bir biyolojik forma geçiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֶחשָׁלוּת

מעבר מצורה מורכבת יותר לצורה ביולוגית פשוטה יותר

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