Associations to the word «Regressive»
Noun
- Contrast
- Impact
- Increase
- Outcome
- Wage
- Rights
- Preference
- Barrier
- Rich
- Bore
- Fantasy
- Rent
- Hypothesis
- Gender
- Nature
- Critic
- Efficiency
- Thrust
- Economics
- Supporter
- Reduction
- Proposal
- Therapy
- Aid
- Fee
- Deposit
- Anxiety
- Phase
- Change
- Identification
- Succession
- Cave
- Regard
- Dialect
- Slavery
- Characteristic
- Phenomenon
- Effect
- Poverty
- Disorder
- Continental
- Virus
- Patient
- Jordan
- Insurance
- Process
- Zone
- Amount
- Index
- Argument
- System
- Plain
- Affect
- Sum
- Security
- Left
- Basin
- Theory
- Classification
- Adaptation
- Myth
- Contribution
- Mechanism
- Philosophy
- Reform
Adjective
Wiktionary
REGRESSIVE, adjective. That tends to return, revert or regress.
REGRESSIVE, adjective. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases.
Dictionary definition
REGRESSIVE, adjective. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases.
REGRESSIVE, adjective. Opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.