regressive

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Borrowed from Latin regressīvus, equivalent to regress + -ive.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: обратен (obraten) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Bulgarian: регресивен (regresiven) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• French: régressif — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Georgian: რეგრესიული (regresiuli) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Hindi: प्रतिगामी (pratigāmī) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Irish: aischéimnitheach — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Irish: cúlchéimnitheach — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Russian: регресси́вный (regressívnyj) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Ukrainian: регреси́вний (rehresývnyj) — that tends to return, revert, or regress
• Czech: regresivní — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• German: regressiv — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• Irish: cúlchéimnitheach — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• Irish: aischéimnitheach — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• Italian: regressivo — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• Polish: regresywny — whose rate decreases as the amount increases
• Russian: регресси́вный (regressívnyj) — whose rate decreases as the amount increases