retrogress
We are focusing on progression and not retrogression.
She warned of serious retrogression in relations between the two countries.
The Dark Ages are often considered a time of retrogression.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Deteriorating and making worse
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Examples of retrogression

retrogression
In all rock types, partial or complete retrogression to amphibolite-facies assemblages is evident.
Partial retrogression is evident from the form of very fine-grained chlorite, calcite and actinolite.
Nearly isobaric cooling led to rehydration and retrogression across the stability field of andalusite up to the stability field of kyanite.
Finally, in all three bodies, amphibolite-facies retrogression is more widespread than eclogitization, even though the former may require more fluid.
In terms of timing of eclogite facies metamorphism and retrogression, two studies are pertinent.
Deformation and partial retrogression at greenschist-facies conditions are apparent in many blocks.
Today, however, upper-amphibolitegrade hornblende and biotite gneisses dominate this region, implying that pervasive retrogression has taken place.
However, it is unlikely that peak temperatures are preserved in the re-equilibrated phases because of subsequent pervasive garnet-forming reactions and late retrogression.
In metre-scale pods, the core consists of the least retrogressed eclogite with increasing retrogression towards the margin.
The second retrogressive stage is marked by the retrogression of the medium- to low-pressure granulite facies mineral assemblages into the amphibolite facies.
Yet to resist by means of a retrogression in performance style is merely to adhere to a stereotype.
Moreover, retrogression (recruitment of individuals to a precedent stage) increases the standard deviation of age-based parameters and is another clue of plasticity.
This textural evidence indicates that garnet was in equilibrium with amphibole, plagioclase and quartz during this stage of retrogression.
This growth of pargasite and oligoclase indicates further retrogression to upper amphibolite facies conditions following the high-pressure granulite facies overprint.
The microstructure generally indicates a predominance of simple shear deformation and a retrogression of the primary, high-temperature igneous mineral assemblage.
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