Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrogressional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ret-ro-gres-sion-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to retrogression.

Example Sentences

"Under controlled biotic intervention the ecosystem progression or regression could be arrested at a preclimax or retrogressional stage, which may persist over a long period of time."

Etymology

From retrogression + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retrogression

Inflected Forms

more retrogressional (comparative) most retrogressional (superlative)

Questions

What does retrogressional mean?: Relating to retrogression.
Where does retrogressional come from?: From retrogression + -al.

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