Synonyms for retroversion
Most common
regression regress reversion retrogression retroflexion retroflection
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Regression
2. Retroflexion
Definitions
- n. 1
A turning or falling back.
- n. 2
A backward-tilting of an anatomical strucure (e.g. the uterus).
Forms
- Plural
- retroversions → regressions, regresses, reversions, retrogressions…
Example sentences
- regression It is not progress but regression.
- regress It is quite clear that they are going to make us regress.
- retrogression Technological retrogression will be unlikely.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| retroversion | rising | |
| regression | steady | |
| regress | rising | |
| reversion | falling | |
| retrogression | falling | |
| retroflexion | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- regress2
- 9 letters
- reversion3
- 10 letters
- regression3
- 12 letters
- retroflexion
- 13 letters
- retrogression, retroflection
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (regress2 = 2 syllables).