Progress and Regression

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Progress

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.
Usage example: we're making slow progress against this stiff headwind
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Regression is an antonym for progress in topics: development, movement forward, decline.
Nearby Words: progressive, progression, progressed, progressing, progressively

Regression

Regression noun - The act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior.
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Progress is an antonym for regression.
Nearby Words: regress, regressive, regressed, regressing
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  • Comicbook / Red Skull Thus, what is called social progress nowadays (increased third-world immigration, anti-racism, public homosexuality, etc) is actually regression towards the prehistorical state of non-culture.
    Source: Comicbook / Red Skull
  • In Progress Wrestling The London Riots (Jimmy Havoc's earliest allies when he turned heel and members of his stable Regression) seemed to be trying to pull Jimmy Havoc off of Ospreay when he made it clear he was going to cut Ospreay's ear of, after a tag team match.
    Source: Even Evil Has Standards / Professional Wrestling
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