regressive
తిరోగమన
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.
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They are 'regressive' , repressive individuals.
That's why sales tax is often denigrated as a 'regressive' tax.
Atkinson did admit that indirect taxes are largely 'regressive' , and that eliminating them would increase effective disposable income.
What will make television more diverse, less 'regressive' ?
Those writings are largely based upon Freud's assertion that firesetting in youth is a 'regressive' retreat to ‘primitive man's’ desire to gain power and control over nature.
But we shouldn't carry around an image of a company that is 'regressive' in its treatment of its workers.
Lastly, are we really preparing for developed world status, or are we on a 'regressive' path to under-developed status?
He explained that science, and even a limited understanding of immunology, could not account for the speed with which some children had apparently acquired the 'regressive' symptoms of autism after being vaccinated.
And this is 'regressive' autism; it's not from birth.
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.
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.
A 1998 report described 12 children with inflammatory bowel disorders who developed 'regressive' conditions including autism.
It works extremely well for 'regressive' policy makers.
These survivors are deformed, 'regressive' , bestial, and held in check by a repressive dictatorship that combines the authority of church and state.
‘Some towns have had their reputations damaged by the 'regressive' style of their mayors,’ she says.
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' .
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.
Still, properly understood, it's hard to forget how much this 'regressive' tax takes from all of us.
Ideologically, they turn in on themselves, becoming more 'regressive' and irrational in their justifications and often more cruel in their political actions.
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.
Excessive clinging, sleeping/eating disorders, 'regressive' behavior, limits testing, manipulation, and wanting to contact parents are common reactions.
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.
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.
These ‘comic’ stereotypes, 'regressive' even in 1968, make the show seem not so much offensive as hopelessly dated.
Erin and Brenna had gone through 'regressive' hypnosis to try and determine what exactly they had both seen.
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.
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.
The 'regressive' aspect of the tax could be offset by ensuring that well subsidised public transport is accessible to communities that are at a disadvantage either through poverty or by living in a rural area.
This 'regressive' policy will put immense pressure on the present system.
Bill was comfortable expressing emotion, but he was also bothered by Jane's persistence in maintaining the above-mentioned 'regressive' behaviors.
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