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regressive
Overview of adj regressive
The adj regressive has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. regressive -- ((of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases)
2. regressive -- (opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state)
Antonyms of adj regressive
2 senses of regressive
Sense 1
regressive (vs. progressive)
progressive (vs. regressive)
=> degressive
=> graduated, proportional
Sense 2
regressive (vs. progressive)
progressive (vs. regressive)
=> advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern
=> advancing, forward, forward-moving
=> modernized, modernised
=> state-of-the-art
Similarity of adj regressive
2 senses of regressive
Sense 1
regressive (vs. progressive)
=> flat, fixed
=> graduated
Sense 2
regressive (vs. progressive)
=> atavistic, throwback(prenominal)
=> retrograde, retrogressive
=> returning, reverting
=> unmodernized, unmodernised
Also See> backward#1
Pertainyms of adj regressive
Attributes of adj regressive
Domain of adj regressive
1 of 2 senses of regressive
Sense 1
regressive (vs. progressive)
TOPIC>(noun) tax#1, taxation#1, revenue enhancement#1
Domain Terms of adj regressive
Familiarity of adj regressive
regressive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj regressive
regressive
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