regressively
In retreating fashion
In a manner that moves backward or returns to an earlier state.
A tax applied regressively takes a larger percentage from lower incomes than higher ones.
The disease progressed regressively, with symptoms returning to earlier stages.
The word often carries negative connotations of decline or retreat from progress.
Moving in reverse direction
- reverseTurn to opposite
- backwardToward what's behind
- recedeMove back from
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
revert · backslide · decline · worsen · deteriorate · degenerate · atrophy · diminish
Characteristic of infants
- immatureNot fully developed
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- primitiveIn earliest form
- atavisticReverting to ancestral type
primal · undeveloped · arrested · fixation · psychological · behavioral · coping · trauma
Average, or spiteful
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- varianceSpread around the mean
- residualWhat remains afterward
coefficient · prediction · model · curve · outlier · distribution · deviation · trend
Scaled to match another
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- inequitableNot fair or impartial
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- bracketSupport or category
levy · tariff · excise · withholding · deduction · revenue · fiscal · income
retrograde
Moving in reverse direction
retreat · revert · backslide · decline · worsen · deteriorate · degenerate · atrophy · diminish · wane
infantile
Characteristic of infants
atavistic · primal · undeveloped · arrested · fixation · psychological · behavioral · coping · trauma · withdrawal
mean
Average, or spiteful
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- varianceSpread around the mean
residual · coefficient · prediction · model · curve · outlier · distribution · deviation · trend · interpolation
proportional
Scaled to match another
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- inequitableNot fair or impartial
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
bracket · levy · tariff · excise · withholding · deduction · revenue · fiscal · income · wealth
regressivelyprogressively
In increasing stages
forward · onward · forwardly · increasingly · evolutionarily
- regressive taxLevy hitting poor hardest