regressive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: regressive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for regressive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regressive adj (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases Antonym(s): progressive opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state Antonym(s): progressive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regressive \Regress"ive\ (r?gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]gressif.] 1. Passing back; returning. 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. {Regressive metamorphism}. (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}. (b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}.