regressive

regressive

See also: régressive

English

Adjective

regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)

1. That tends to return, revert or regress.
2. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

Antonyms

• progressive

Derived terms

• regressive assimilation (phonology)

Related terms

• regress
• regression

Translations

that tends to return, revert, or regress

French: régressif (fr)

Irish: aischéimnitheach, cúlchéimnitheach

whose rate decreases as the amount increases

Czech: regresivní German: regressiv (de)

Irish: cúlchéimnitheach, aischéimnitheach Italian: regressivo (it)

Further reading

• regressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regressive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regressive at OneLook Dictionary Search

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German

Adjective

regressive

1. inflected form of regressiv

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Italian

Adjective

regressive f pl

1. feminine plural of regressivo