regression
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Definitions
Noun
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
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)
Noun
returning to a former state
Synonyms
arrested development
fixation
infantile fixation
regress
regression toward the mean
retrogression
retroversion
reversion
simple regression
statistical regression