Retrogress in a Sentence ?
- When Glenn became a millionaire, he swore he would never retrogress to a life of poverty.
- The people were worried their inept legislators would ruin the economy by causing it to retrogress to a monetary depression.
What does it mean to retrogress?
intransitive verb. : to move backward : revert.
What is the difference between regress and retrogress?
To add some context: When I look up the definitions I see the definition for regress is "to return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state", whereas the definition for retrogress is "to go back to an earlier, esp worse, condition". They both look the same to me: antonyms of "progress".