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Meaning of "retrocessive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETROCESSIVE

retrocessive  [ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETROCESSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retrocessive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RETROCESSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retrocessive in the English dictionary

The definition of retrocessive in the dictionary is not progressive; backward-looking.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETROCESSIVE


aggressive
əˈɡrɛsɪv
compressive
kəmˈprɛsɪv
concessive
kənˈsɛsɪv
depressive
dɪˈprɛsɪv
essive
ˈɛsɪv
excessive
ɪkˈsɛsɪv
expressive
ɪkˈsprɛsɪv
immunosuppressive
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛsɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
inexpressive
ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsɪv
obsessive
əbˈsɛsɪv
oppressive
əˈprɛsɪv
possessive
pəˈzɛsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv
recessive
rɪˈsɛsɪv
regressive
rɪˈɡrɛsɪv
repressive
rɪˈprɛsɪv
successive
səkˈsɛsɪv
suppressive
səˈprɛsɪv
unsuccessive
ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETROCESSIVE

retroactive inhibition
retroactive interference
retroactively
retroactiveness
retroactivity
retrobulbar
retrocede
retrocedence
retrocedent
retrocession
retrochoir
retrocognition
retrodict
retrodiction
retrodictive
retroengine
retrofire
retrofit
retrofitted
retrofitting

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETROCESSIVE

abessive
antitussive
comprehensive
concussive
decompressive
dismissive
emissive
inessive
manic-depressive
massive
missive
passive
passive-aggressive
percussive
permissive
retrogressive
submissive
supermassive
transgressive
transmissive
unimpressive

Synonyms and antonyms of retrocessive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retrocessive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETROCESSIVE

Find out the translation of retrocessive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retrocessive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retrocessive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

retrocessive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retrocessive
570 millions of speakers

English

retrocessive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retrocessive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retrocessive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retrocessive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retrocessive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retrocessive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retrocessive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retrocessive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

retrozessive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

retrocessive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retrocessive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retrocessive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retrocessive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retrocessive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रचलित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retrocessive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retrocessive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retrocessive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retrocessive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retrocessive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

retrocessive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retrocessive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retrocessive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retrocessive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retrocessive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROCESSIVE»

The term «retrocessive» is used very little and occupies the 167.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROCESSIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retrocessive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retrocessive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retrocessive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETROCESSIVE»

Discover the use of retrocessive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retrocessive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Building standard law of Japan
(Retrocessive Distance of External Walls in Category 1 Exclusively Low- I story Residential Districts or Category 2 Exclusively Low-story Residential I Districts) Article 54. In Category 1 Exclusively Low-story Residential Districts and I Category ...
Japan, Japan. Kensetsushō. Jūtakukyoku. Kenchiku Shidōka, Japan. Kensetsushō. Shigaichi Kenchikuka, 1994
2
Alida: Or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the ...
The glittering day-star, having unbarred the portals of light, began to transmit its retrocessive lustre. Thin scuds flew swiftly over the moon's decrescent form. Low, hollow winds murmured among the bushes, or brushed the limpid drops from the  ...
Amelia Stratton Comfield, 1849
3
The New England Journal of Medicine
The subject, aged 50, without previous disease, and the cause being unknown; also without pain, suppuration or inflammation, is losing his upper jaw by a process of retrocessive elimination. All his teeth, though quite white and sound, have ...
‎1869
4
Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement ...
He contended that the lines indicating the dispersion of the erratics of the Alps in the Plain of Switzerland, were those of progressive deposition, and not of retrocessive deposition, and showed the difference of the action of the two, observing ...
‎1849
5
Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement ...
He contended that the lines indicating the dispersion of the erratics of the Alps in the Plain of Switzerland, were those of progressive deposition, and not of retrocessive deposition, and showed the difference of the action of the two, observing ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1849
6
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
The subject, aged 50, without previous disease, and the cause being unknown ;- also without pain, suppuration or inflammation, is losing his upper jaw by a process of retrocessive elimination. All his teeth, though quite white and sound, have ...
‎1869
7
Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity: Clinical ...
In most cases with installed contractures, deformities were not retrocessive, so that complementary orthopaedic surgery was justified. Percutaneous thermorhizotomies and intrathecal chemical rhizotomies Percutaneous radiofrequency ...
Michael P. Barnes, Garth R. Johnson, 2008
8
Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity
But this deconstruction—which will not be a retrocessive gesture, aimed at some sort of morning light—henceforth belongs to the principle and plan of construction . Deconstruction lies in its cement: it is in the hyphen, indeed it is of that hyphen.
Jean-Luc Nancy, Gabriel Malenfant, Michael B. Smith, 2008
9
The Pattern of Sino-American Crises: Political-military ...
... Taiwan and Indochina by the US Administration, and also the explanation for the shift from a retrocessive to an escalating Chinese Communist commitment to North Korean defence. the South after the middle (1947-8) phase. The third was ...
J. H. Kalicki, 1975
10
Movement Disorder Surgery
But installed deformities were not retrocessive. Percutaneous Thermorhizotomies Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy [26–30] is appropriate for spastic disturbances limited to a few muscular groups that correspond to a small number of ...
Andres M. Lozano, 2000

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Retrocessive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/retrocessive>. Apr 2024 ».
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