0 returning to a previous and less advanced or worse state or way of behaving: --
An association was found between regressive autism and bowel problems.
Most autism is regressive.
Separation anxiety, regressive symptoms, and psychosomatic manifestations are frequently associated with PTSD .
Regressive behaviour - bed-wetting, throwing tantrums, waking in the night - is common.
18 patients had active leprosy, and in 27 the disease was regressive.
Vigilance is needed to overcome the natural regressive tendency to become complacent.
Incinerating waste rather than recycling it would be a regressive step.
1 (of tax) lower on large amounts of money, so that the rich are less affected: --
2 used to describe ideas or systems that are old-fashioned and do not encourage change or development: --
The movement will defeat the autocratic and regressive regime.
3 used to describe an economic or tax system in which there are advantages for rich people and disadvantages for poor people: --
The recognition of probable parasequences within each sequence points to an episodic shallowing of each sequence, the overall regressive cycles being punctuated by deepening episodes.
Because income tax in these countries is still somewhat progressive, tax-relief is bound to be regressive.
The regressive implications of this move should be clear.
When progressivity is high, the latter elasticity is close to zero, whereas it is larger than one when taxes are regressive.
Regressive taxation provides an added incentive to earn a degree so that a smaller gross wage difference motivates skill acquisition.
Significantly, regressive nasalisation does not target or skip these vowels.
Rather than implying a tax scheme that is more progressive than a head tax, it implies one that is even more regressive.
They need to support the welfare state by relying upon a fundamentally regressive policy instrument: indirect taxation.
