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See also: régressive
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin regressīvus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective[edit]
regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)
- That tends to return, revert or regress.
- (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.
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Translations[edit]
that tends to return, revert, or regress
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whose rate decreases as the amount increases
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Further reading[edit]
- “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.
German[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
regressive
- inflection of regressiv:
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
regressive f pl