Meanings
adjectiveretrocessive (comparative more retrocessive, superlative most retrocessive)
comparative more retrocessive · superlative most retrocessive
- Tending to retrocede; moving backward.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with retrocessive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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APA
retrocessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocessive
MLA
“retrocessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrocessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocessive.
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