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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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