"regressive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more regressive [comparative], most regressive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin regressīvus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|regressīvus}} Latin regressīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)
  1. That tends to return, revert or regress. Translations (that tends to return, revert, or regress): обратен (obraten) (Bulgarian), регресивен (regresiven) (Bulgarian), régressif (French), aischéimnitheach (Irish), cúlchéimnitheach (Irish), регресси́вный (regressívnyj) (Russian), регреси́вний (rehresývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-regressive-en-adj-K9Fo1ymy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 42 6 7 4 33 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 4 5 3 40 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'that tends to return, revert, or regress': 99 1
  2. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases. Translations (whose rate decreases as the amount increases): regresivní (Czech), regressiv (German), cúlchéimnitheach (Irish), aischéimnitheach (Irish), regressivo (Italian), regresywny (Polish), регресси́вный (regressívnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-regressive-en-adj-D8OTodU- Disambiguation of 'whose rate decreases as the amount increases': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: regressive assimilation [phonology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], regressive left, regressive leftism, regressive leftist Related terms: regress, regression
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      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
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      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
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