retrogradeadj詞源 1/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

• 1

  Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.

• 2

  Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.

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  biologynatural-scienceszoologyReverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.

• 4

  Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicOf the order of something: inverse, reverse.

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  Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.

  • retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
  • Such retrograde people still exist, resisting modernity, dragging their feet.
• 7

  archaicInvolving a return to or a retracing of a previous course of travel.

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  archaicCounterproductive to a desired outcome; contradictory, contrary.

  • In going back to school in Wittenberg, / It is most retrograde to our desire: / And we beseech you, bend you to remain

retrogradeadv詞源 1/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

• 1

  In a reverse direction; backwards.

retrogradenoun詞源 1/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

• 1

  A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.

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  astrologyhuman-sciencesmysticismA movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.

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  One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.

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  archaicOne who reneges on an agreement, or switches loyalties; a rebel, a renegade.

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicThe reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.

retrogradeverb詞源 2/ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd/

• 1

  geographynatural-sciencesTo cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.

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  geographygeologynatural-sciencesTo change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.

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  obsoleteTo cause (someone or something) to revert to an inferior or less developed state.

• 4

  To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.

  • […] Monna Brigida, who had retrograded to false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her.
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  astrologyastronomyhuman-sciencesOf a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.

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  geographynatural-sciencesOf a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo retreat or withdraw from a position.

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  obsoleteTo move backwards; to recede.

  • A dabble in the stocks does not always turn out profitably; cotton is sometimes heavy on our hands, and real estate will sulkily retrograde, when, by the calculation, it ought to have advanced.