Regress
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The power or liberty of passing back.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
Retrograde
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A degenerate person.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.To show retrogradation.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
Example sentence: Spike Lee is part of a retrograde movement in this country.