About The Word Regressive
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Regressive
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What's The Definition Of Regressive?
[adj] opposing progress
[adj] (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases Synonyms | Synonyms for Regressive: atavistic | declining | deteriorating | failing | fixed | flat | graduated | regressing | retrograde | retrogressive | returning | reverting | throwback(a) | unmodernised | unmodernized Related Terms | Find terms related to Regressive: See Also | backward Regressive In Webster's Dictionary \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]gressif.]
1. Passing back; returning.
2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
{Regressive metamorphism}.
(a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}.
(b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}.
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