Sentence examples for regressive causes from inspiring English sources

Distinguishing between near and far causes provided a solution to Barbara Wootton's problem of infinitely regressive causes.

They manipulate justified fears of sexual attack to advance their regressive cause.

Soil development is hypothesised to be often non-linear with time and characterised by stages of progressive and regressive evolution caused by upbuilding (formation, profile deepening) and erosion (profile shallowing).

Typically, estrogenic chemicals induce mitogenic effects causing proliferative lesions, whereas antiandrogenic chemicals cause regressive changes.

In this context, OOP payments are known to cause regressive effects [6]-[8].

I was impressed by Barbara Wootton's (1950) argument about the infinitely regressive nature of cause: The search for causal connections between associated phenomena simply resolves itself into a long process of "explaining" one association in terms of another.

This can cause regressive and childish behavior.

In very young children, PTSD can cause regressive behavior like bedwetting and thumb sucking.

It is, in effect, a regressive tax which funds causes across sport and the arts and provides an introduction to gambling for thousands.

Anyone who watches will understand devastation caused by regressive attitudes.

Worse, there is evidence that the award of the Games is in part responsible for causing this regressive trend.