Regression

Step backwards means:

• the opposite of progress
• a regression in thinking from the particular to the general, from the conditioned to the condition, from the effects to the causes
• stepping back to infinity in an infinite series, see Infinite Regress

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Wiktionary: step backwards  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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