regressive

Borrowed from Latin regressīvus.

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

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.

• progressive

• regress
• regression

• “regressive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “regressive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “regressive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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regressive

1. inflection of regressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

regressive f pl

1. feminine plural of regressivo