Associations to the word «Regressive»

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.
William Butler Yeats