regressive
1. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases • Ant: progressive • Topics: tax, taxation, revenue enhancement 2. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state • Ant: progressive • Similar to: atavistic, throwback, retrograde, retrogressive, returning, reverting, unmodernized, unmodernised • See Also: backward • Derivationally related forms: regress
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