English adjective: regressive | |||
| 1. | regressive (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases | ||
| Domain category | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | ||
| Antonyms | progressive | ||
| 2. | regressive opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state | ||
| Similar | atavistic, retrograde, retrogressive, returning, reverting, throwback, unmodernised, unmodernized | ||
| See also | backward | ||
| Antonyms | progressive | ||