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Thesaurus: regressive

Passing back; returning.

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  1. a. Passing back; returning.
  2. a. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
  3. adj. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
  4. adj. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
  5. 1. Passing back; returning. 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.
  6. j:100 a. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases a. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state