RETROGRADE

retrograde

(adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

retral, retrograde

(adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

retrograde

(adjective) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

retrograde, retrogressive

(adjective) going from better to worse

regress, retrograde, retrogress

(verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition

retrograde, rehash, hash over

(verb) go back over; “retrograde arguments”

retrograde, retreat

(verb) move back; “The glacier retrogrades”

retrograde

(verb) move in a direction contrary to the usual one; “retrograding planets”

retrograde

(verb) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

retrograde (comparative more retrograde, superlative most retrograde)

Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.

Counterproductive to a desired outcome.

(astronomy, of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.

(geology) 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.

Synonyms

• traditionalist

• reactionary

Antonyms

• liberal

• reformist

• progressist

Etymology 2

Noun

retrograde (plural retrogrades)

A degenerate person.

(music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.

Etymology 3

Verb

retrograde (third-person singular simple present retrogrades, present participle retrograding, simple past and past participle retrograded)

(intransitive) To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.

(intransitive, astronomy) To show retrogradation.

Antonyms

• prograde

• direct

Anagrams

• retrogarde

Source: Wiktionary

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Re"tro*grade, a. Etym: [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See Grade.]

1. (Astron.)

Definition: Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton. And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. Chaucer.

2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to Ant: progressive. "Progressive and not retrograde." Bacon. It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak.

3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.

Re"tro*grade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] Etym: [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.]

1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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