Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to return or revert to a previous state.
- adjective Characterized by regression or a tendency to regress.
- adjective Relating to or being a tax that amounts to a higher percentage of income as income decreases or that places a proportionately higher burden on lower-income taxpayers.
- adjective Of or relating to geological regression.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Passing back; returning: opposed to progressive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Passing back; returning.
- adjective Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
- adjective (Biol.), (Physiol.) See
Katabolism
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That tends to
return ,revert orregress . - adjective of a tax Whose
rate decreases as theamount increases.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
- adjective opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
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Examples
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He also said his party wanted to provide funding for education but cautioned against what he called a "regressive" tax increase.
The Seattle Times 2012
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They said Ottawa has made some positive financial decisions, but cities still face the need to upgrade aging roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems while remaining dependent on property tax revenue, which they called regressive and inadequate.
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Health care positively has the lot to do with which in regressive N. Dakota, nonetheless the state is an anomaly: all 3 congressional seats have been reason by sincerely liberal Democrats.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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The question of regressive, is regressive for whom — I think it all depends on where we place the burden.
Wonk Room » Live Q&A With Rep. Donna Edwards: Energy, Climate, And Environment 2009
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That spending, Paul said, will eventually lead to inflation, which he calls a regressive tax on the poor who are disproportionately hurt when the costs of necessary goods go up.
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The question of regressive, is regressive for whom — I think it all depends on where we place the burden.
Wonk Room » Live Q&A With Rep. Donna Edwards: Energy, Climate, And Environment 2009
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Health care positively has the lot to do with which in regressive N. Dakota, nonetheless the state is an anomaly: all 3 congressional seats have been reason by sincerely liberal Democrats.
Senate Analysis (late-November): Path to Republican Majority admin 2009
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Of course, sales taxes are the ultimate in regressive taxes.
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I think the person who came up with the terms regressive and progressive for taxes with the first being those taxes that fall on everyone and the second those being applied only to the well to do.
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The use of capitol punishment is used pretty much only in regressive third world countries.
Think Progress » Flag-Burning Amendment One Vote From Passage 2006
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