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regressiveness

regressiveness noun: the quality of being regressive.

Noun

regressiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being regressive.

Origin of regressiveness

From regressive + -ness.

Words formed from regressiveness

Questions about regressiveness

What does regressiveness mean?
Regressiveness means the quality of being regressive.
What part of speech is regressiveness?
Regressiveness is a noun.

Words near regressiveness in the dictionary

  1. regressive left
  2. regressive leftism
  3. regressive leftist
  4. regressive leftists
  5. regressively
  6. regressiveness
  7. regressivism
  8. regressivities
  9. regressivity
  10. regressor
  11. regressors

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