regression, n.
(regressions)
(regressions)
returning to a former state
<noun.act>
regress regression retrogression retroversion reversion
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the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
<noun.cognition>
regression regression toward the mean simple regression statistical regression
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
<noun.process>
regression
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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
<noun.state>
arrested development fixation infantile fixation regression
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