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: The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.
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.