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Regressive

Regressive Meaning & Definition
Regressive Definition And Meaning

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

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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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