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Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.
Camille Paglia

Meaning of "regressive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REGRESSIVE

regressive  [rɪˈɡrɛsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGRESSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Regressive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REGRESSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of regressive in the English dictionary

The definition of regressive in the dictionary is regressing or tending to regress. Other definition of regressive is of, relating to, or characteristic of regression.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REGRESSIVE


aggressive
əˈɡrɛsɪv
antiprogressive
ˌæntɪprəˈɡrɛsɪv
compressive
kəmˈprɛsɪv
depressive
dɪˈprɛsɪv
digressive
daɪˈɡrɛsɪv
expressive
ɪkˈsprɛsɪv
immunosuppressive
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛsɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
ingressive
ɪnˈɡrɛsɪv
introgressive
ˌɪntrəˈɡrɛsɪv
nonprogressive
ˌnɒnprəˈɡrɛsɪv
oppressive
əˈprɛsɪv
overaggressive
ˌəʊvərəˈɡrɛsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv
repressive
rɪˈprɛsɪv
retrogressive
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛsɪv
suppressive
səˈprɛsɪv
transgressive
ˌtrænzˈɡrɛsɪv
unaggressive
ˌʌnəˈɡrɛsɪv
unprogressive
ˌʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REGRESSIVE

regrede
regredience
regreen
regreet
regress
regression
regressive tax
regressively
regressiveness
regressivity
regressor
regret
regretful
regretfully
regretfulness
regrets
regrettable
regrettably
regretted
regretter

WORDS THAT END LIKE REGRESSIVE

adessive
antitussive
comprehensive
concussive
dismissive
emissive
essive
excessive
inessive
massive
obsessive
passive
passive-aggressive
percussive
permissive
possessive
recessive
submissive
successive
supermassive
unimpressive

Synonyms and antonyms of regressive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «regressive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REGRESSIVE

Find out the translation of regressive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of regressive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «regressive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回归
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regresiva
570 millions of speakers

English

regressive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिगामी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنازلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

регрессивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regressivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রত্যাবর্তী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

régressif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Regresif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

regressiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後退の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퇴행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Regressive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thối lui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिगामी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerileyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regressivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

regresywny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

регресивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regresiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οπισθοδρομική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regressiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regressiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regressive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of regressive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REGRESSIVE»

The term «regressive» is regularly used and occupies the 62.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REGRESSIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about regressive

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5 QUOTES WITH «REGRESSIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word regressive.
1
Umera Ahmad
The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.
2
Alice Dreger
A democratic medical establishment does not alter people's bodies to fit regressive social norms; it advocates for patients by demanding the social body get its act together.
3
Nigel Farage
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.
4
Alice Miller
Today I should not be identified with any kind of regressive therapy.
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Camille Paglia
Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGRESSIVE»

Discover the use of regressive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to regressive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State: Path Dependence ...
This 2003 book challenges the conventional wisdom that progressive taxation goes hand-in-hand with large public expenditures in mature welfare states and qualifies the partisan centred explanation that dominates the welfare state literature ...
Junko Kato, 2003
2
Regressive Fictions: Graffigny, Rousseau, Bernardin
Instead of the novel of worldliness, we encounter fictions of better worlds: original, natural, familial, innocent and harmonious, protected against reality and time.
R. J. Howells, 2007
3
The Anal Aesthetic: Regressive Narrative Strategies in Modernism
Psychoanalysis ultimately disparages anal formulations as reductive; the aim of this dissertation is to articulate a productive psychoanalytic theory of anality, and to make it available for literary-critical use by applying it to the work ...
Erika Katz Clowes, 2008
4
Healing Soul: Integrating Jungian Psychology and Regressive ...
An alchemical hermeneutic method offered soul an independent voice in the data analysis.
Anthony Craig Rush, 2009
5
Paying for Health Care: Quantifying Fairness, Catastrophe, ...
Figure 5 compares three post-payment income distributions corresponding to three different payment structures, each with the same value oft — one proportional on pre-payment income, one progressive, and the other regressive. In all three ...
Adam Wagstaff, Eddy K. A. van Doorslaer, 2001
6
Regressive Leadership and Governance: A State of Anarchy
The implications for Nigeria have been a regressive leadership, poor governance and the lack of social and societal development.
Chizoba “Dr. Zee” Madueke, Ph.D., 2010
7
Is the gasoline tax regressive?
The gasoline tax thus appears far less regressive than conventional analyses suggest.
James M. Poterba, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1991
8
The developing of regressive and matriarchal structures in ...
In the following I will analyse the way in which McEwan transports this political novel and in doing so I will put a focus on the „kultur-und zivilisationskritischen Aspekte“, who earn the main respect of the novel.
‎2010
9
Shafer'S Textbook Of Oral Pathology (6Th Edition)
Regressive changes in the dental tissues include a variety of alterations that are not necessarily related either etiologically or pathogenetically. Some of the changes to be considered here are associated with the general aging process of the ...
R. Rajendran, 2009
10
Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind
In this major work, Lewis S. Feuer examines critical distinctions between progressive and regressive imperialism.
Lewis Samuel Feuer, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGRESSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term regressive is used in the context of the following news items.
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BBC's Alan Yentob defends licence fee after culture secretary calls it …
Yentob's defence of the BBC funding model followed comments from new culture secretary John Whittingdale that elements of the licence fee were “regressive”. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Federal study: Tenn. has the most regressive tax system
A new study by a trio of economists from the Federal Reserve Bank found that Tennessee has the most regressive tax system of any state, requiring poor and ... «Columbia Daily Herald, May 15»
3
Fed study: Tennessee has most regressive tax system
A new study by a trio of economists from the Federal Reserve Bank found that Tennessee has the most regressive tax system of any state, requiring poor and ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, May 15»
4
What to do about your child's regressive behaviour
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a child's regressive behaviour often coincides with a change in environment or some other new source ... «Canada.com, Apr 15»
5
How the states suck the fairness out of America's tax system
The effect is especially strong in states without income taxes and therefore place heavy reliance on those regressive levies. Among the states identified by the ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
6
'Regressive' change to transgender bill needs fixing, Ontario cabinet …
An Ontario cabinet minister and a New Democrat MPP have joined forces to urge the federal government to strike down a Conservative senator's amendments ... «Toronto Star, Mar 15»
7
Human rights debate in Britain is 'regressive' – Scottish watchdog
Political parties must strengthen their commitment to ensure Britons' human rights are upheld after May's general election, a Scottish watchdog says, adding that ... «RT, Mar 15»
8
Majority of GenNext has regressive values: Survey
These and other examples of regressive values among students were revealed in a nationwide survey on youth attitudes conducted by Children's Movement for ... «Mumbai Mirror, Mar 15»
9
States with the worst taxes on average earners
When looking at taxes paid as a share of the income earned, all states have a regressive tax system, which means poorer residents are taxed more than the ... «USA TODAY, Feb 15»
10
Regressive Taxes Are Neither New Nor Good
Once again, ITEP has found that state and local tax systems are decidedly regressive. In fact, ITEP concluded that the effective tax rate of the 20% of taxpayers ... «Forbes, Jan 15»

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