"regressive" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "progressive"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "phonology",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "regressive assimilation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regressive left"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regressive leftism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regressive leftist"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "regressīvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin regressīvus",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin regressīvus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more regressive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most regressive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regress"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regression"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That tends to return, revert or regress."
      ],
      "id": "en-regressive-en-adj-K9Fo1ymy",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
        ],
        [
          "regress",
          "regress"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obraten",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "обратен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "regresiven",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "регресивен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "régressif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "aischéimnitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "cúlchéimnitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "regressívnyj",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "регресси́вный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rehresývnyj",
          "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
          "word": "регреси́вний"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases."
      ],
      "id": "en-regressive-en-adj-D8OTodU-",
      "links": [
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a tax"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "regresivní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "regressiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "cúlchéimnitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "aischéimnitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "regressivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "regresywny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "regressívnyj",
          "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
          "word": "регресси́вный"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsɪv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "regressive"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "progressive"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsɪv",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsɪv/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "phonology",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "regressive assimilation"
    },
    {
      "word": "regressive left"
    },
    {
      "word": "regressive leftism"
    },
    {
      "word": "regressive leftist"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "regressīvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin regressīvus",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin regressīvus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more regressive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most regressive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "regressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "regress"
    },
    {
      "word": "regression"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That tends to return, revert or regress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
        ],
        [
          "regress",
          "regress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a tax"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsɪv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obraten",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "обратен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "regresiven",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "регресивен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "régressif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "aischéimnitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "cúlchéimnitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "regressívnyj",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "регресси́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rehresývnyj",
      "sense": "that tends to return, revert, or regress",
      "word": "регреси́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "regresivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "regressiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "cúlchéimnitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "aischéimnitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "regressivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "regresywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "regressívnyj",
      "sense": "whose rate decreases as the amount increases",
      "word": "регресси́вный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "regressive"
}