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   regressive

   /rɪˈɡrɛsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. returning to a former or less developed state; characterized by regression: "regressive aspects of recent local government reform"
   • ▪ relating to or marked by psychological regression: "a regressive personality"
   • 2. (of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes: "indirect taxes are, as a group, regressive"
   • 3. proceeding from effect to cause or from particular to universal.

   Derivatives

   • 1. regressively adverb
   • 2. regressiveness noun

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   • (specialist) (of taxes) having less effect on the rich than on the poor A regressive tax structure is one in which the average tax rate falls as income level rises. Definition of regressive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does regress mean?

   • 1. Tending to return or revert to a previous state. 2. Characterized by regression or a tendency to regress. 3. Relating to or being a tax that amounts to a higher percentage of income as income decreases or that places a proportionately higher burden on lower-income taxpayers. 4. Of or relating to geological regression. re·gres′sive·ness n.

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   What does it mean for a function to be regressive?

   • A function that describes a difference between the price and the marginal cost is referred to as regressive. This term is also used to describe an expenditure or transfer that increases the incomes of poorer households by more than richer households, in percentage terms.

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   • Regressive events such as cell death and the elimination of long axon collaterals and dendritic processes are essential mechanisms of brain maturation. Regressive forms may give us part of the key to reallocation of function in the nervous system.

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   1. : tending to regress or produce regression. 2. : being, characterized by, or developing in the course of an evolutionary process involving increasing simplification of bodily structure. 3. : decreasing in rate as the base increases. a regressive tax. regressively adverb. regressiveness noun.

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   Regressive means regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive. It can also refer to tax, logic or biology terms. See how regressive is used in sentences and learn its origin and synonyms.

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   Regressive is an adjective that can mean moving backward, returning to an earlier stage, or having a negative effect. It has different meanings in various fields such as philosophy, psychology, and economics.