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Regressive   /rəgrˈɛsɪv/   Listen
Regressive

adjective
1.
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases.
2.
Opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state.





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"Regressive" Quotes from Famous Books



... we so presume that our moral and religious ideas are really progressive and not regressive, as to regard their interpretation as approximating to the truth? The answer is simply that our argument from adaptability does not require the assumption in question, but only that we should be able to distinguish higher from lower tendencies, progressive from regressive movements, without ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell
... was to WRIGGLE, a member for a metropolitan district, a disciple of Progress, who went with the times, but who took particular good care to ascertain their complexion; and whose movements if expedient could partake of a regressive character. As the Charter might some day turn up trumps as well as so many other unexpected cards and colours, Wriggle gave his adhesion to it, but of course only provisionally; provided that is to say, he might vote against it at present. But he saw no harm in it—not he, ...
— Sybil - or the Two Nations • Benjamin Disraeli


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