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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]gressif.]
1. Passing back returning.
2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
{Regressive metamorphism}.
a (Biol.) See {Retrogression}.
b (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
regressive
adj 1: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount
increases [ant: {progressive}]
2: opposing progress [ant: {progressive}]
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