Meaning of REGRESSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'gresiv
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- [adj] opposing progress
- [adj] (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
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| | Synonyms: | | atavistic, declining, deteriorating, failing, fixed, flat, graduated, regressing, retrograde, retrogressive, returning, reverting, throwback(a), unmodernised, unmodernized |
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| | Antonyms: | | progressive | | |
| | See Also: | | backward | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}.
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