regressive
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ɪv adjective
1.
regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
2.
Biology. of, pertaining to, or effecting regression.
3.
(of tax) decreasing proportionately with an increase in the tax base.
4.
Logic. obtained from or characterized by backward reasoning.
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World English Dictionary
regressive (rɪˈɡrɛsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | regressing or tending to regress |
| 2. | See progressive (of a tax or tax system) levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases |
| 3. | of, relating to, or characteristic of regression |
| regressively | |
| —adv | |
| regressiveness | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
regressive re·gres·sive (rĭ-grěs'ĭv)
adj.
Having a tendency to return or to revert.
Characterized by regression.
re·gres'sive·ness n.
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Example sentences
And if lotteries are a tax, they suffer from being regressive.
For one thing, these kinds of consumption taxes really are regressive.
Printing is a highly regressive tax levied by the bankers on citizens.
As it started out last year, it could have wound up making the tax code overall more regressive than it had been previously.
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