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adjectiveregressing or tending to regress; retrogressive. Biology. of, relating to, or effecting regression. (of tax) decreasing proportionately with an increase in the tax base. Logic. obtained from or characterized by backward reasoning. Origin of regressiveFirst recorded in 1625–35; regress + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM regressivere·gres·sive·ly, adverbre·gres·sive·ness, re·gres·siv·i·ty [ree-gre-siv-i-tee], /ˌri grɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/, nounnon·re·gres·sive, adjectivenon·re·gres·sive·ly, adverb un·re·gres·sive, adjectiveun·re·gres·sive·ly, adverbun·re·gres·sive·ness, noun Words nearby regressiveregrate, regreet, regress, regression, regression analysis, regressive, regressive assimilation, regressive staining, regressive tax, regret, regretful Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for regressiveMany who remained felt that Lighthizer represented an old guard, with regressive views of how the economy should work. Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Nobody Knows What Happens Next.|by Lydia DePillis|October 13, 2020|ProPublica We certainly know that gambling on, for example, lottery tickets — highly regressive, especially scratch-off tickets. The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 20, 2020|Freakonomics A wave of critics, though, has been denouncing it as anti-democratic and regressive. God Save the United States From This Anti-Democratic Court|Jedediah Purdy|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The media, much of it in the hands of regressive establishment figures, eagerly cheered them on. Egypt: Al Jazeera Had ‘Marriott Cell’ Of Terror|Alastair Beach|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, while sales taxes are regressive, you can make a pretty good case that taxes on e-commerce are progressive. Three Cheers for the Internet Tax!|Daniel Gross|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Today, California may worship at the altar of science, but increasingly in the most regressive, hysterical, and reactionary way. The Golden State Is Crumbling|Joel Kotkin|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST Obama's defense of federalism in this instance is not a regressive throwback; it is a pragmatic strategy. Why Obama Must Endorse Gay Marriage|Kerry Eleveld|July 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST The conflict, however, played itself off in his dreams, offering a solution of a regressive type. Psychoanalysis|Andr Tridon Activity is, therefore, not contradictory to the organism, but favors in it the natural progressive and regressive metamorphosis. Pedagogics as a System|Karl Rosenkranz The two limits are then called the “progressive” and “regressive” differential coefficients. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various Formal decay begins when a language becomes historical, and it often gives rise to remarkable cases of regressive metamorphosis. Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster He had conquered his regressive tendencies and his speech was improving. Psychoanalysis|Andr Tridon
British Dictionary definitions for regressive
adjectiveregressing or tending to regress (of a tax or tax system) levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increasesSee progressive (def. 5) of, relating to, or characteristic of regression Derived forms of regressiveregressively, adverbregressiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to regressiverightist, rigid, counterrevolutionary, right, obscurantist, rearward, back, relapsing, receding, converse, inverted, everted, transposed, turned, die-hard, orthodox, traditional, retrogressive, traditionalistic, old-line Medical definitions for regressive
adj.Having a tendency to return or to revert. Characterized by regression. Other words from regressivere•gres′sive•ness n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |