regressive

1. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases (synset 301884018)
   referred to in: revenue enhancement, tax, taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
2. Opposing progress;
   Returning to a former less advanced state (synset 301883056)
   also: backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear
   similar to:

   • atavistic, throwback - characteristic of an atavist
   • retrograde, retrogressive - going from better to worse
   • returning, reverting - tending to return to an earlier state
   • unmodernised, unmodernized - not brought up to date

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