regressive

regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)

1. That tends to return, revert or regress.
2. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

• progressive

• regressive assimilation (phonology)

• regress
• regression

• regressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regressive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regressive at OneLook Dictionary Search

regressive

1. inflected form of regressiv

regressive f pl

1. feminine plural of regressivo