retrograde
/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/
Dictionary
adjective
- Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
"retrograde ideas, morals, etc."
- Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
- (of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
- (by extension, of a person) A person who opposes social reforms, favoring the maintenance of the status quo, conservative.
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