REGRESSION

• (noun) returning to a former state

  synonyms : regress , retrogression , retroversion , reversion

• (noun) 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)

  synonyms : regression toward the mean , simple regression , statistical regression

• (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• (noun) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

  synonyms : arrested development , fixation , infantile fixation

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