Meaning & Definition of Regression in English
English⟶
Regression
/rəgrɛʃən/
noun
1. An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
synonym:
- arrested development,
- fixation,
- infantile fixation,
- regression
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
synonym:
- regression
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)
synonym:
- regression,
- simple regression,
- regression toward the mean,
- statistical regression
4. Returning to a former state
synonym:
- regression,
- regress,
- reversion,
- retrogression,
- retroversion