0 returning to a previous and less advanced or worse state or way of behaving: --
Incinerating waste rather than recycling it would be a regressive step.
Vigilance is needed to overcome the natural regressive tendency to become complacent.
18 patients had active leprosy, and in 27 the disease was regressive.
Regressive behaviour - bed-wetting, throwing tantrums, waking in the night - is common.
Separation anxiety, regressive symptoms, and psychosomatic manifestations are frequently associated with PTSD .
Most autism is regressive.
An association was found between regressive autism and bowel problems.
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: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.