regressive
US /rɪˈɡrɛsɪv/
・UK /rɪˈgresɪv/
B2
adj.AdjectiveReturning to a former less advanced state
Nina's regressive behavior stemmed from her brain injury
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Does A Soda Tax Really Help Fight Obesity?
- Both taxes are regressive, which basically means it affects the poor more than the wealthy,
Both taxes are regressive, which basically means it affects the poor more than the wealthy,
- Both taxes are regressive, which basically means it affects the poor more than the wealthy,
Both taxes are regressive, which basically means it affects the poor more than the wealthy,
The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory
- And, by extension, how the show's writers end up reinforcing a whole bunch of regressive ideas about what it means to be a real man.
And, by extension, how the show's writers end up reinforcing a whole bunch of regressive ideas about what it means to be a real man.
- regressive ideas about what it means
to be a “real man.”
regressive ideas about what it means to be a “real man.”
OpenAI’s new image generator hits different...
- So there's no paper or code to look at, but apparently they use an auto regressive approach instead of diffusion.
So there's no paper or code to look at, but apparently they use an auto regressive approach instead of diffusion.
Taxes: Crash Course Economics #31
- Economists also characterize taxes as regressive, progressive, and proportional.
Economists also characterize taxes as regressive, progressive, and proportional.
- Let's start with regressive taxes.
Let's start with regressive taxes.
Why Successful Love Requires Vulnerability
- We might, as vulnerable people, admit to a desire to be mummied or daddied, to curl into a ball, to cry over a so-called small thing, to be reassured about an apparently minor flaw, to call up our lover every ten minutes, to suffer from anxiety or paranoia, to speak in a regressive voice or hug a favourite stuffed animal.
We might, as vulnerable people, admit to a desire to be mummied or daddied, to curl into a ball, to cry over a so-called small thing, to be reassured about an apparently minor flaw, to call up our lover every ten minutes, to suffer from anxiety or paranoia, to speak in a regressive voice or hug a favourite stuffed animal.
- We might, as vulnerable people, admit to a desire to be mummied or daddied, to curl into a ball, to cry over a so called small thing, to be reassured about an apparently minor flaw, to call up Our lover every 10 minutes, to suffer from anxiety or paranoia, to speak in a regressive voice or hug a favorite stuffed animal.
We might, as vulnerable people, admit to a desire to be mummied or daddied, to curl into a ball, to cry over a so called small thing, to be reassured about an apparently minor flaw, to call up Our lover every 10 minutes, to suffer from anxiety or paranoia, to speak in a regressive voice or hug a favorite stuffed animal.
Everything That Happened in 2025 | A Look Back at the Year
- This under-16s ban on social media in Australia is the biggest cop out and the most regressive thing the government does.
This under-16s ban on social media in Australia is the biggest cop out and the most regressive thing the government does.
- This under-16s ban on social media in Australia is the biggest cop-out and the most regressive thing the government have done.
This under-16s ban on social media in Australia is the biggest cop-out and the most regressive thing the government have done.
Top 20 Secret Weapon Band Members
- This holds quite a bit of water when it comes to the case of Meg White and the White Stripes, as this musician's simplistic and regressive drum work is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to her band's straight-ahead brand of rock'n'roll.
This holds quite a bit of water when it comes to the case of Meg White and the White Stripes, as this musician's simplistic and regressive drum work is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to her band's straight-ahead brand of rock'n'roll.
- A band that's only as good as their drummer, this holds quite a bit of water when it comes to the case of Meg White and The White Stripes, as this musician's simplistic and regressive drumwork is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to her band's straight-ahead brand of rock and roll.
A band that's only as good as their drummer, this holds quite a bit of water when it comes to the case of Meg White and The White Stripes, as this musician's simplistic and regressive drumwork is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to her band's straight-ahead brand of rock and roll.
The UK’s “Overqualification” Crisis Explained
- But it's also regressive, because people from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to end up overqualified, and therefore struggle to pay off their loans.
But it's also regressive, because people from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to end up overqualified, and therefore struggle to pay off their loans.
How Elon Musk Became President
- They rejected the regressive and the primitive: superstition, dictatorships, science denial, religious zealotry.
They rejected the regressive and the primitive: superstition, dictatorships, science denial, religious zealotry.
- They rejected the regressive and the primitive, superstition, dictatorships, science denial, religious zealotry.
They rejected the regressive and the primitive, superstition, dictatorships, science denial, religious zealotry.
The Pleasures of Talking Nonsense with Someone We Love
- It might sound like regressive nonsense and in key ways it is.
It might sound like regressive nonsense and in key ways it is.