🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Rückschritt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rʏkʃʁɪt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retrogression/ˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛʃən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Rückschritt in der Technologie ist alarmierend."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of returning to a previous, often worse, state or condition.

    "The retrogression of the economy was evident after the financial crisis."
  2. 2

    A process in which an organism or system reverts to an earlier stage of development.

    "The retrogression of certain species can be attributed to environmental changes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'retrogression' derives from the Latin 'retrogressio', which combines 'retro' meaning 'back' and 'gressio' meaning 'step'. It evolved in the late 19th century to describe a return to a previous state or condition, often with a negative connotation in social or biological contexts.

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