regressive
pronunciation
How to pronounce regressive in British English:
UK [rɪˈgresɪv]
How to pronounce regressive in American English:
US [rɪˈɡrɛsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
- opposing progress
Word Origin
- regressive (adj.)
- 1630s; see regress + -ive. In reference to taxation, it is attested from 1889. Related: Regressively.
Example
- 1. General sales tax is a regressive tax .
- 2. Even in rich countries , fuel tax cuts are regressive .
- 3. Too many asian governments still waste oodles of public money on regressive universal subsidies .
- 4. Moving to a single rate of vat without exemptions would eliminate this distortion but it would also be regressive .
- 5. Keynes opened the way to political economy ; but economists opted for a regressive research programme , disguised by sophisticated mathematics , that set it apart .