regressive

About 1.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective That tends to return, revert or regress.
2. adjective Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

Similar words

throwback retrogressive regressing retrograde returning declining deteriorating flat atavistic fixed

Often followed by

and tax in behavior changes taxes or nature tendencies

Word family

regressively regressiveness regressivenesses regressivities regressivity