1. An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
   - arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation 
2. (psychiatry) a defence mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state 
3. 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)
   - simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression 
4. Returning to a former state
   - regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion

Derived forms: regressions

See also: regress

Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, defence [Brit, Cdn], defence mechanism [Brit, Cdn], defence reaction [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defense mechanism [US], defense reaction [US], reversal, statistical method, statistical procedure

Part of: regression analysis

Encyclopedia: Regression

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