regressive
અવરોહી
definition
adjective
the regressive, infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood
becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state.
Clearly we are not likely to lower regressive excise taxes on cigarettes, nor are we likely to lower the payroll tax for lower-income workers.
(of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes.
translation of 'regressive'
પ્રત્યાગમનક્ષમ,
અવરોહી પાછું ફરતું
example
If taxes are 'regressive' , taking a larger share from low-income budgets than from high-income budgets, they will contribute to increased inequality in income and consumption opportunities.
He said the possibility of bringing back fees, being considered in a government review of third level funding, could prove 'regressive' .
It works extremely well for 'regressive' policy makers.
There is a 'regressive' longing for the world of the perfectly nurtured child here, which is why speaking of the fallen psychiatrist and patient who act this out literally seems apt.
I find their puerile, psychologically 'regressive' child's play boring and self-absorbed, but maybe I just don't understand them.
Three of the states among the ten with the most 'regressive' taxes also made the list of those with the biggest deficits as a percentage of planned state spending.
This would be a 'regressive' step and could lead to a two-tier-system, with those who could afford getting the medicine of the doctor's choice doing so, whereas poorer patients might not.
Excessive clinging, sleeping/eating disorders, 'regressive' behavior, limits testing, manipulation, and wanting to contact parents are common reactions.
The tolerant, liberal, egalitarian country which we are now, or at least aspire to be, was only just beginning to struggle out of the austere, 'regressive' , hierarchical society of the post-war years.
Steeply 'regressive' taxation was flattened so that those on high incomes paid considerably less while at the same time the poor were forced to pay more.
Another blatantly 'regressive' tax system is the social security system.
Do not criticize 'regressive' behavior (returning to a previous level of development).
On the whole, the focus is on strengthening the adult sides of the patient and on normalizing the situation instead of focusing on 'regressive' behavior.
With new regimes settling in at all three levels of government, there is a pronounced opportunity, and certainly a public appetite, for the reversal of 'regressive' trends around the arts.
The spirit of vengeance is destructive and 'regressive' .
Still, properly understood, it's hard to forget how much this 'regressive' tax takes from all of us.
Of course, in some sense, this is a 'regressive' tax as poorer laborers are probably the least likely to have flexibility in setting their work schedules for the sake of avoiding the higher taxes.
‘Some towns have had their reputations damaged by the 'regressive' style of their mayors,’ she says.
It's an example of infantilism, a 'regressive' desire for boundarylessness, a plea for a love object that never disappoints.
They are 'regressive' , repressive individuals.
While I do have somewhat of an issue with the fact that this would be a 'regressive' tax that would fall disproportionately on the poor, the concept is a sound one.
Things get rolling in the early '20s, when animators were taking their cues from the avant-garde art scene that was as progressive as the Nazi culture which crushed it was 'regressive' .
The salt tax was severely 'regressive' , since it fell heaviest on the peasants who needed salt to feed to their cattle.
Washington, which has no state income tax, has one of the most 'regressive' tax systems in the nation.
Atkinson did admit that indirect taxes are largely 'regressive' , and that eliminating them would increase effective disposable income.
Whilst the first two involve 'regressive' analysis and synthesis, the third and fourth involve decompositional analysis and synthesis.
With political power in hand, the clerics passed 'regressive' edicts.
Yes, it's the old 'regressive' tax argument, but it's also common sense.
In the very next year, John of Gaunt used the last Parliament of Edward III's reign to institute the most 'regressive' tax ever witnessed in later medieval England.
Lastly, are we really preparing for developed world status, or are we on a 'regressive' path to under-developed status?
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