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regressive

Syllabification: (re·gres·sive)
Pronunciation: /riˈgresiv/

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Definition of regressive

adjective

  • 1becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state:the regressive, infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood
  • of, relating to, or marked by psychological regression.
  • 2(of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes.
  • 3 Philosophy proceeding from effect to cause or from particular to universal.

Derivatives

regressively

adverb

regressiveness

noun

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Definition of regressive in the British & World English dictionary
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