Definitions for regression
rɪˈgrɛʃ ənre·gres·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regressionnoun

   an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. regressionnoun

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

3. regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regressionnoun

   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. regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversionnoun

   returning to a former state

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1. regressionnoun

   An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

2. regressionnoun

   A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

3. regressionnoun

   An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.

4. regressionnoun

   An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).

5. regressionnoun

   The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regressionnoun

   The act of returning or going back.

   Etymology: regressus, Lat.

   To desire there were no God, were plainly to unwish their own being, which must needs be annihilated in the subtraction of that essence, which substantially supporteth them, and restrains from regression into nothing. Brown.

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1. regression

   Regression is a statistical method used in data analysis that estimates the relationship between one dependent variable (usually denoted by Y) and independent variables (usually denoted by X). It is used for prediction and forecasting, where its use has substantial overlap with the field of machine learning. Regression analysis is also used to understand which among the independent variables are related to the dependent variable, and to explore the forms of these relationships.

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1. Regressionnoun

   the act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation

2. Etymology: [L. regressio: cf. F. rgression.]

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1. Regression

   Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way. The defense mechanism of regression, in psychoanalytic theory, occurs when an individual's personality reverts to an earlier stage of development, adopting more childish mannerisms. Psychiatrist Joel Gold suggests that careful use of "ARISE" can sometimes yield creative benefits. To the extent that one is handling thoughts and impulses less like an adult, ARISE involves play, appreciation and primitive pleasures, and imagination.

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1. regression

   Song lyrics by regression -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by regression on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Psychiatry
   • Reversal
   • Statistical Method
   • Statistics

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How to say regression in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of regression in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of regression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of regression in a Sentence

1. Melanie Campbell:

   We believe this is a state of emergency, because we don't have a strong voting Voting Rights act to push back on some of this, then we are looking at regression... and with African Americans, we have always had to have federal intervention.

2. Salman Aziz:

   Finding someone’s weakness only can make you strongest in the earth but not inside you. And someday you can be in the worst situation when someone found your biggest weakness. That day you will be left with regression. Nothing can change back!

3. Matthew Kacsmaryk:

   But through that progression or regression, I think you can see five areas where there will be a clash of absolutes between the traditional Judeo-Christian understanding of marriage and the revisionist, redefined vision of marriage that you saw in last term’s Supreme Court opinions.

4. Alex Branczik:

   There's no doubt that today this image has incredible currency not just here in the UK but across Europe and beyond, here we see this, one of our oldest democracies and within it we see the regression toward tribal animalistic behavior.

5. Salman Aziz:

   Outer beauty won’t remain forever but inner beauty does. Don’t run after outer beauty. Because of it can be a huge mistake when you chose outer beauty instead of inner beauty. And that will leave you with regression. Only try to know and get the inner beauty of somebody or something. It will bring peace inside of you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=regression
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regression
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=regression
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regression
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=regression
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=regression