adjective
- regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- Biology. of, relating to, or effecting regression.
- (of tax) decreasing proportionately with an increase in the tax base.
- Logic. obtained from or characterized by backward reasoning.
adjective
- regressing or tending to regress
- (of a tax or tax system) levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increasesSee progressive (def. 5)
- of, relating to, or characteristic of regression
1630s; see regress + -ive. In reference to taxation, it is attested from 1889. Related: Regressively.
adj.
- Having a tendency to return or to revert.
- Characterized by regression.