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1. (n.) regression
the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
2. regression
retrogradation; retrogression.
3. regression
Biol. reversion to an earlier or less advanced state or form or to a general type.
4. regression
Psychoanal. reversion to an earlier, less adaptive emotional state or behavior pattern.
5. regression
the subsidence of a disease or its symptoms.
6. regression
a statistical procedure for determining the relationship between a random variable and corresponding values of one or more independent variables.
7. regression
the relationship itself.
Etymology: (1510–20; < L regressiō. See regress , -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
2. (noun) regression
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
3. (noun) regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression
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)
4. (noun) regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
returning to a former state
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) regression
the act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation
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