English-Thai Dictionary

regressive

ADJ ถอยหลัง  ถอยกลับ  degenerative reverted toi-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REGRESSIVE

a.Passing back; returning.

 

REGRESSIVELY

adv. In a backward way or manner; by return.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REGRESSIVE

Re *gress "ive (r *grs "v ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régressif.]

 

1. Passing back; returning.

 

2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a ) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b ) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.

 

REGRESSIVELY

REGRESSIVELY Re *gress "ive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a regressive manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

regressive

re gres sive |riˈgresiv rəˈɡrɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state: the regressive, infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood. • of, relating to, or marked by psychological regression. 2 (of a tax ) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. 3 Philosophy proceeding from effect to cause or from particular to universal. DERIVATIVES re gres sive ly adverb, re gres sive ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

regressive

re |gres ¦sive |rɪˈgrɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 returning to a former or less developed state; characterized by regression: regressive aspects of recent local government reform. • relating to or marked by psychological regression. 2 (of a tax ) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. 3 Philosophy proceeding from effect to cause or from particular to universal. DERIVATIVES regressively adverb, regressiveness noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

regressive

re gres sive /rɪɡrésɪv /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠後戻りする ; 退歩する ; 退行する ; 退化する .2 〈税金などが 〉逆累進の (↔progressive ).～́ t à x 逆進税 .