retrogrades (0 synonym found)

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Definition of retrogrades:

(adj) : Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
(adj) : Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
(adj) : (zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
(adj) : Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
(adj) : (music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
(adj) : Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.

Definition of retrogrades:

(adj) : Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
(adj) : Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
(adj) : (zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
(adj) : Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
(adj) : (music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
(adj) : Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.

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