retrogression

Traductions

retrogressionnoun
retrogressions
pl
The retrogression of the economy was evident in the rising unemployment rates.
La régression de l’économie était évidente dans l’augmentation du taux de chômage.

Définitions

retrogressionnoun
The process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one.
The retrogression of the economy was evident in the rising unemployment rates.
Movement backward or return to a previous, more primitive, or less developed state or stage.
In evolutionary theory, retrogression describes the loss of complex structures in organisms adapting to simpler environments.