regressive
regresif
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.
example
It's an example of infantilism, a 'regressive' desire for boundarylessness, a plea for a love object that never disappoints.
‘Some towns have had their reputations damaged by the 'regressive' style of their mayors,’ she says.
There is a genetic predisposition to 'regressive' autism, but I don't think it's a straight genetic problem, because I don't think we would have such a thing as a genetic epidemic.
This 'regressive' policy will put immense pressure on the present system.
Illicit substances can produce toxic effects on the brain and also reinforce 'regressive' behavior, a combination that may result in a personality disorder secondary to substance dependence.
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.
Here it should also be noted that it is wrong to depict one's religious community as more liberal and progressive and another community as more 'regressive' and backward.
Washington, which has no state income tax, has one of the most 'regressive' tax systems in the nation.
There may be genetic factors at work, but in the case of 'regressive' autism, the primary cause has to be intimately introduced; genetics are secondary.
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.
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 spirit of vengeance is destructive and 'regressive' .
Apparently, the mother was unable to cope with her own alcoholism, violent domestic situation, and Jane's 'regressive' behavior.
A 1998 report described 12 children with inflammatory bowel disorders who developed 'regressive' conditions including autism.
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.
I find their puerile, psychologically 'regressive' child's play boring and self-absorbed, but maybe I just don't understand them.
‘There would be a question in my mind as to whether or not it would be a 'regressive' step,’ said Ms Fennell.
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.
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.
Those who saw trade favourably previously because it shifted out low-level jobs, now see higher level service jobs being eliminated and worry that the trade is 'regressive' .
It works extremely well for 'regressive' policy makers.
What will make television more diverse, less 'regressive' ?
But we shouldn't carry around an image of a company that is 'regressive' in its treatment of its workers.
State and local jurisdictions are more vulnerable to tax competition than the national government, and state and local taxes are more 'regressive' than federal taxes.
Yes, it's the old 'regressive' tax argument, but it's also common sense.
If he realizes this goal, he will have succeeded in passing the most 'regressive' tax program in U.S. history.
The salt tax was severely 'regressive' , since it fell heaviest on the peasants who needed salt to feed to their cattle.
Ideologically, they turn in on themselves, becoming more 'regressive' and irrational in their justifications and often more cruel in their political actions.
Another blatantly 'regressive' tax system is the social security system.
Respondents expressed grievances against the government for clawing back what they viewed as an excessive and 'regressive' tax on tobacco products and for their failure to redirect this income visibly towards those in need.
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