Definitions for: Regressive

[adj] opposing progress
[adj] (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: atavistic, declining, deteriorating, failing, fixed, flat, graduated, regressing, retrograde, retrogressive, returning, reverting, throwback(a), unmodernised, unmodernized

Antonyms: progressive

See Also: backward

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