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degressive

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as in regressive, decrescent

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The first known use of degressive was in 1886

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“Degressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degressive. Accessed 10 Apr. 2020.

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