retrogressions
Returns to worse
Retrogressions are instances of moving backward or declining to a worse state.
The word implies reversal of progress—a society experiencing retrogressions in civil rights, a patient showing retrogressions in recovery.
The report documented retrogressions in educational standards across the district.
The singular retrogression is more common than the plural.
Reversals of progress
- backslidingReverting to former sins
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- relapsesReturns to illness
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
reversals · downturns · slippages · fallbacks · worsening · regressions · degeneration · downfall
Returns to illness
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
- worseningBecoming more severe
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
setbacks · flare-ups · recurrences · exacerbations · decompensation · weakness · debilitation · impairment
Transferring power locally
- atavismReturn to ancestral type
- vestigialReduced, without current function
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
Favoring absolute control
- antidemocraticOpposing rule by citizens
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- rollbacksUndoing of recent changes
- illiberalismOpposition to open society
autocracy · oppression · censorship · disenfranchisement · tyranny · despotism · backwardness · reactionary
Unequal conditions or distributions
- injusticesActs denying fairness
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- segregationForced separation by group
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
oppression · exploitation · backwardness · intolerance · prejudice · disenfranchisement · exclusion · repression
setbacks
Reversals of progress
- backslidingReverting to former sins
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- relapsesReturns to illness
declines · reversals · downturns · slippages · fallbacks · worsening · regressions · degeneration · downfall · erosion
relapses
Returns to illness
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
- worseningBecoming more severe
complications · setbacks · flare-ups · recurrences · exacerbations · decompensation · weakness · debilitation · impairment
devolution
Transferring power locally
- atavismReturn to ancestral type
- vestigialReduced, without current function
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
primitivism · throwbacks · simplification · maladaptation · phylogenetic
authoritarian
Favoring absolute control
- antidemocraticOpposing rule by citizens
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- rollbacksUndoing of recent changes
illiberalism · autocracy · oppression · censorship · disenfranchisement · tyranny · despotism · backwardness · reactionary · restrictive
inequalities
Unequal conditions or distributions
- injusticesActs denying fairness
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- segregationForced separation by group
marginalization · oppression · exploitation · backwardness · intolerance · prejudice · disenfranchisement · exclusion · repression · subjugation
retrogressionsprogressions
Ordered forward movements
advances · advancements · improvements · developments · progress
retrogressionsimprovements
Changes that upgrade quality
ameliorations · enhancements · betterments · upgrades · refinements