regressive

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈgrɛsɪv/

adjective

  • 1returning to a former or less developed state; characterized by regression: regressive aspects of recent local government reform
  • relating to or marked by psychological regression: a regressive personality
  • 2(of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes: indirect taxes are, as a group, regressive
  • 3 Philosophy proceeding from effect to cause or from particular to universal.

Derivatives

regressively

adverb

regressiveness

noun