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regressive
[ ri-gres-iv ]
adjective
- Biology. of, relating to, or effecting regression.
- (of tax) decreasing proportionately with an increase in the tax base ( def ).
- Logic. obtained from or characterized by backward reasoning.
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Other Words From
- re·gres·sive·ly adverb
- re·gres·sive·ness re·gres·siv·i·ty [ree-gre-, siv, -i-tee], noun
- non·re·gres·sive adjective
- non·re·gres·sive·ly adverb
- un·re·gres·sive adjective
- un·re·gres·sive·ly adverb
- un·re·gres·sive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of regressive1
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Example Sentences
A wave of critics, though, has been denouncing it as anti-democratic and regressive.
Nipple also posted the rather regressive question “Did gender equality go to far?”
The media, much of it in the hands of regressive establishment figures, eagerly cheered them on.
Finally, while sales taxes are regressive, you can make a pretty good case that taxes on e-commerce are progressive.
But he has quietly gone from being an outlier to being only one of five consistently regressive votes.
To advocate a moral standard higher for women than for men is regarded now as reactionary and regressive.
Formal decay begins when a language becomes historical, and it often gives rise to remarkable cases of regressive metamorphosis.
The two limits are then called the “progressive” and “regressive” differential coefficients.
This influence, a form of regressive assimilation, is known as i-umlaut (pronounced om-lowt).
Dream symbols are the most easily demonstrable, and after them, certain peculiarities of regressive dream representations.
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