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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
regressive/rɪˈɡresɪv/

▶adjective

1 tending to regress or characterized by regression.

2 (of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes.

– derivatives
regressively adverb,
regressiveness noun.

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