Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regressive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]gressif.]
1. Passing back; returning.
2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
{Regressive metamorphism}.
(a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}.
(b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
regressive
adj 1: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount
increases [ant: {progressive}]
2: opposing progress [ant: {progressive}]
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