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regressive
adjective
(re-gres-sive)
tending to regress or produce regression
regressive
adjective
(re-gres-sive)
being, characterized by, or developing in the course of an evolutionary process involving increasing simplification of bodily structure
regressive
adjective
(re-gres-sive)
decreasing in rate as the base increases
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