transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈgre-siv ]
adjective
Date: 1634
1. : tending to regress or produce regression
2. : being, characterized by, or developing in the course of an evolutionary process involving increasing simplification of bodily structure
3. : decreasing in rate as the base increases
a regressive tax
• re·gres·sive·ly adverb
• re·gres·sive·ness noun
• re·gres·siv·i·ty ˌrē-ˌgre-ˈsi-və-tē noun