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regressive

adjective

1 regressive

of taxes Adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases.

Roget 145: reverting etc. v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse.   

Roget 283: receding etc. v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary etc. ... show more

2 regressive

Opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state.


Moby thesaurus: apostate, ascending, atavistic, axial, back, back-flowing, backsliding, backward, coming apart, cracking, crumbling, decadent, declining, degenerate, descending, deteriorating, disintegrating, down-trending, downward, draining ... show more.

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