Usually means: Returning to a less developed state.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word regressive:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. regressive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. regressive: Merriam-Webster
  3. regressive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. regressive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. regressive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. regressive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Regressive, regressive: Wordnik
  8. regressive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. regressive: Wiktionary
  10. regressive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. regressive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. regressive: Dictionary.com
  13. Regressive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. regressive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. regressive: Rhymezone
  16. Regressive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. regressive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. regressive: FreeDictionary.org
  19. regressive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. regressive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. regressive: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. regressive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. regressive: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. regressive: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See regressively as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  That tends to return, revert or regress.
adjective:  (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

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