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RETROFLECTION Antonyms

9 antonyms for retroflection. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For RETROFLECTION

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
advancement

noun

n

noun

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

development

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

expansion

noun

n

noun

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

extension

noun

n

noun

• a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

• act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

• act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

• a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

• amount or degree or range to which something extends

• an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

• an addition to the length of something

• an addition that extends a main building

growth

noun

n

noun

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

improvement

noun

n

noun

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

modernization

noun

n

noun

• making modern in appearance or behavior

• a modernized version (as of a play)

progress

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

verb

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

projection

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

• the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

• a planned undertaking

• any structure that branches out from a central support

• any solid convex shape that juts out from something

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

• the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

• the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

• the act of projecting out from something

• the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Alternatives for ADVANCEMENT

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Alternatives for DEVELOPMENT

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Alternatives for EXPANSION

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Phrases (1)

Alternatives for EXTENSION

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Alternatives for GROWTH

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Alternatives for IMPROVEMENT

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Alternatives for MODERNIZATION

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Alternatives for PROGRESS

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