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backsliding

noun as in relapse

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A new study examining the top films of 2024 has found that Hollywood is backsliding on its diversity efforts.

While rising asylum claims may seem linked to "democratic backsliding" in India, correlation isn't causation, the authors say .

From BBC

Another lesson from past periods of democratic backsliding is that how we react now shapes the extent of the damage done by the forces subverting democracy and the rule of law.

From Salon

Both the EU and US have condemned the government for democratic backsliding.

From BBC

Both the EU and US have condemned the government for democratic backsliding and more than 460 people have been detained across Georgia over the past two weeks, according to Transparency International.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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